Las Vegas Monorail

Las Vegas Monorail
Las Vegas Monorail
	A Mark VI train of the Las Vegas Monorail
Overview
Status	Open
Owner	Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
Locale	Paradise and Winchester, Nevada
Termini	Sahara; MGM Grand;
Stations	7
Website	www.lvmonorail.com
Service
Type	Straddle beam monorail
System	Alweg (inflated rubber tires on concrete guideway)
Operator(s)	Western Management Group
Rolling stock	9 Bombardier Innovia Monorail 200 trains
Daily ridership	11,780 (2022)
History
Opened	1995 (MGM Grand-Bally's Monorail) ; July 15, 2004 (Las Vegas Monorail)
Technical
Line length	3.9 mi (6.3 km)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Elevated
Minimum radius	< 60 m (200 ft)
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Operating speed	50 mph (80 km/h)
Highest elevation	60 ft (18 m)
Route map
	Times are scheduled minutes from Sahara
	cancelled
	southern extension
	cancelled
	southern extension
	All stations are accessible

The Las Vegas Monorail is a 3.9-mile (6.3 km) automated monorail mass transit system located adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It connects several large casinos in the unincorporated communities of Paradise and Winchester, but does not enter the city of Las Vegas proper. Built at a cost of $650 million, it was privately owned and operated by the Las Vegas Monorail Company until their 2020 bankruptcy when it was sold to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, a local government agency. In 2022, total annual ridership was roughly 4.3 million, down from a pre-Great Recession peak of 7.9 million in 2007. The monorail is a registered not-for-profit corporation, allowed under Nevada law since the monorail provides a public service. The State of Nevada assisted in bond financing, but no public money was used in construction.

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