Mandalay Bay Tram
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![]() An express tram passing Luxor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Locale | Las Vegas Strip,Paradise,NV,USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stations | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | https://mandalaybay.mgmresorts.com/en/amenities/transportation.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type | AGT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rolling stock | 2 ×DCC5-carCable Liner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ridership | 1.3Kpphpd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | April 9, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technical | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line length | 2,749 ft (838 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Character | Fully elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest elevation | 16–26 ft (4.9–7.9 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TheMandalay Bay Tramis a 2,749-foot-long (838 m)people moverthat opened on April 9, 1999 on theLas Vegas StripinParadise, Nevada.It was constructed to connect three gaming hotels belonging to theMGM MirageGroup.[3]The line carries passengers from the majorTropicana – Las Vegas Boulevard intersection,via theExcalibur Hotel and CasinoandLuxor Hotelto theMandalay Bay Resort and Casinoat the southern end.
Thedual-tracksystem is cable driven and free for the public to use. The eastern track has intermediate station stops. The western track only has stops at either end of the line – Mandalay Bay and Excalibur. If only one train is running, it is the eastern track and it runs express to Mandalay Bay going south, but makes all stops returning north. During peak periods when both trains are running, they will both stop at all stations along its track.
Description
[edit]The Mandalay Bay Tram is aCable LinerShuttle installation consisting of an elevated 2,749-foot-long (838 m)guidewaywith two completely independent shuttle systems running side-by-side.[4] The guideway alignment passes above street level at a height of between 16 and 26 ft (4.9 and 7.9 m).[4]One system serves all four stations along the route, while the other provides an express link between the two end stations.
Each system consists of one train with five cars. The individual cars carry 32 passengers each, thus each train has a total capacity of 160 passengers. System 1 carries 1,300passengers per hour per direction(pphpd) and has four stations; system 2 carries 1,900 pphpd, and has two stations (and four passengers per square meter). The trains run back empty in the opposite direction between each passenger-carrying run. In the first year of operation, the system carried approximately 21 million passengers. The train cars are firmly attached to a haul rope and run onpneumatic tiresto ensure extremely quiet operation. The train can reach a travel speed of 22 mph (36 km/h) and the guideway is an open, modular steel tube truss structure.[4]The custom train design is one of the highlights; the trains have been filmed for television commercials, and the Mandalay Bay Group patented the design.[4]
History
[edit]The Mandalay Bay Tram project was started on September 2, 1998, when the contract withDCC Doppelmayr Cable Carwas signed. The Cable Liner Shuttle was completed in April 1999, after only nine months from the notice to proceed and had a contract amount of US$16 million.[4]
Operations
[edit]There are two independent 2,749-foot-long (838 m) shuttle systems side-by-side, built on an elevated modular steel truss guideway. The five-car trains are propelled by stationary drive machinery, controlling train acceleration, speed, propulsion and braking. They have a capacity of 32 passengers per vehicle (160 passengers/train) and travel at a speed of 22 mph (35 km/h). The headway is 220 seconds and the dwell time is 50 seconds.[5]
Each of the two tracks has its own independent 1.3-inch (33 mm) diameterwire rope,containing a single splice to make it into a loop. The wire was manufactured by Austria Draht Wire Rope then spliced and testedin situby Richard Ryer Incorporated.[6]
The tram runs during the hours of 10:00 am and 12:00 am daily.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Transportation: Monorails".Vegas.com.RetrievedJuly 11,2008.
- ^"Las Vegas, Nevada".NYCSubway.org.RetrievedJuly 16,2008.
- ^"References: Las Vegas Mandalay Bay".DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car.Archived fromthe originalon February 10, 2012.RetrievedJuly 11,2008.
- ^abcdeDCC Doppelmayr Cable Car (2008).Automated People Mover (APM): Planner's Guide.DCC Doppelmayr Cable CarGmbH. p. 83.
- ^DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car (2008).References.DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car GmbH. p. 3.
- ^Richard Ryer."Electromagnetic inspection of wire rope: Mandalay Bay Tram".Archived fromthe originalon June 9, 2009.RetrievedJuly 16,2008.
- ^"Transportation".
External links
[edit]- DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car,designers' website
- Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group,parent company of DCC.
- The full journey in video with an interactive maponKinomap.