The Seattle Center Monorail just completed a $7.7 million overhaul of the red train, which returned to service last week–just in time for peak tourism season–according to our news partner The Seattle Times.
(Photo by Maarten van Stam courtesy of his Flickr page).
Funding for the work came from a mix of federal stimulus money, city bonds, and the monorail’s operating income. From the Times:
The suspension, interior electronics and pneumatic system were improved, and the electric-conducting rail on the concrete trackway has been replaced. Similar work was completed on the twin blue train in January 2009.
Since the one-mile monorail line opened nearly 50 years ago for the 1962 World’s Fair, the red train has traveled over 1 million miles–in other words, it was due for a tune up.