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[[File:Monorail at Chester Zoo 2.jpg|thumb|right|The Chester Zoo monorail.]]
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A [[monorail]] system was built and installed by Computerised People Mover International at a cost of $4 million and then opened by the [[Katharine, Duchess of Kent|Duchess of Kent]] in 1991.<ref name="next-stop">{{cite journal|url=http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/tris/record/tris/00635385.html|title=Next Stop for the Peoplemover (Abstract)|date=July 1992|journal=Urban Transport International – Peoplemovers Update Supplement|first=B H|last=North|publisher=Landor Publishing Limited|quote=Computerised People Mover International have developed a straddling monorail which is in use at Chester Zoo.}}</ref><ref name="tms">{{cite web|url=http://www.monorails.org/
The system is a straddle beam monorail. The layout has a separate depot and control room<ref name="next-stop"/><ref name="mogul">{{cite web|url=http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/local-chester-news/2009/07/23/music-mogul-pete-waterman-launches-chester-zoo-s-revamped-monorail-59067-24217641/|title=Music mogul Pete Waterman launches Chester Zoo's revamped monorail|first=Ben|last=Coulbeck|publisher=''Chester Chronicle''|date=23 July 2009|accessdate=24 July 2009}}</ref> and carries approximately 2,000 passengers per day.<ref name="gold-coast">{{cite web|url=http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15425/1/15425.pdf|title=Challenges to Urban Transport Sustainability and Smart Transport in a Tourist City: The Gold Coast|last=Yigitcanlar|first=Tan|author2=Fabian, Lawrence |author3=Coiacetto, Eddo |work=The Open Transportation Journal|year=2008|page=42|quote=Automated People Movers: Daily Ridership (Thousand People)... Chester Zoo, UK: 2}}</ref> T&M Machine Tool Electronics made improvements totalling £300,000 to the monorail's drive system and electrics in 2009, including more than {{convert|25|mi|km}} of new cabling. The monorail was re-launched by music producer [[Pete Waterman]] during a visit on 23 July 2009, when Waterman drove the first loop of the new system.<ref name="mogul"/> The upgraded system uses pairs of {{convert|2.2|kW|adj=on|0}} [[AC motor]]s for each carriage, with remote monitoring managed over a 5Ghz wireless link.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://fplreflib.findlay.co.uk/articles/32868/e2e.pdf|title=Chester Zoo monorail upgrade goes smoothly|date=March–April 2011|accessdate=19 May 2012|work=Plant Engineer|section=Engineer to Engineer|first=Brian|last=Tinham|archiveurl=http://www.plantengineer.org.uk/article/32868/Chester-Zoo-monorail-upgrade-is-smooth-improvement-.aspx|archivedate=7 April 2011}}</ref> One week later a power failure occurred, requiring the first eight visitors of the day to be escorted off the monorail using a hydraulic lift.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2009/07/27/eight-people-rescued-from-chester-zoo-monorail-after-power-failure-92534-24246018/|title=Eight people rescued from Chester Zoo monorail after power failure|first=Nick|last=Moreton|work=[[Liverpool Daily Post]]|date=27 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/local-chester-news/2009/07/30/chester-zoo-s-revamped-monorail-service-breaks-down-due-to-power-failure-59067-24271357/|title=Chester Zoo's revamped monorail service breaks down due to power failure|date=30 July 2009|first=Gary|last=Porter}}</ref>
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