Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more

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Not really, I was just pointing out that in general, Japan is above everyone else when it comes to transport (they have to be), and they chose elevated AGT and elevated Monorail. So I think that says something. I wasn't really trying to bring their HSR and Commuter Rail into it (but yes, many of those lines are elevated, too).

AGT has another advantage - the guideway is particularly easy to manufacture, with much looser tolerances than steel rail or even monorail, which means that standardized construction industries can build the guideway.


Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Yurikamome is a typical Japanese AGT system. There are 11 such systems in Japan.