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Monorail Refurbishment

Hid said:
I am questioning if they are doing the same thing to the Monorail this year as they did overhaul each like in 2008
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In 2008 the trains had aesthetic work (vinyls), honestly right now they need major work as does the rest of the system so other than taking off the window vinyls which seems to be happening I suspect not.
 
The trains aren't seemingly vanishing long enough for works to be done, unless anybody has proof of any vanishing for a long period of time?
 
Poisson said:
The trains aren't seemingly vanishing long enough for works to be done, unless anybody has proof of any vanishing for a long period of time?
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The Jellybeans was seen at the start of the season and then vanished was not in the sidings for months but appeared back first time today looking quite a bit fresher and the strawberry was not in the sidings nor on the track today
 
Hid said:
The Jellybeans was seen at the start of the season and then vanished was not in the sidings for months but appeared back first time today looking quite a bit fresher and the strawberry was not in the sidings nor on the track today
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It’s possible they are being cleaned but to be having a full overhaul they would be off the system longer than two months.

That said the issue isn’t really the trains, they are creaking but they run. The two issues are the lack of bay loading (air gates) and the fact they won’t let it park on the Entrance plaza bend because there are no evac platforms.

only way they get back to being able to run more than 4 trains is if they fix those issues.
 
Poisson said:
It's odd they built an evac platform at one end, but not the other
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At the park end they had the option of amending procedure so the train remains at the existing evac platform just before the plaza. Presumably that was considered the most cost effective approach at the time.

Going back and replicating what they did at the car park end and installing another platform directly by the station feels like a sensible option. They do seem to have more cash now than the period the original work was done so hopefully it’s something they look to do.
 
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