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Visit the Seattle Center Monorail. Providing fast, direct transportation between Downtown and Seattle Center since 1962! Buy tickets online today.
The Seattle Center Monorail is an elevated straddle-beam monorail line in Seattle, Washington, United States. The 0.9-mile (1.4 km) monorail runs along 5th Avenue between Seattle Center and Westlake Center in Downtown Seattle, making no intermediate stops.
Seattle Center Monorail. The Monorail is the fastest way to travel between downtown Seattle and Seattle Center since 1962.
The Monorail is the fastest way to travel between downtown Seattle and Seattle Center since 1962. The Monorail was originally built for the 1962 World's Fair, Century 21. The Monorail opened to the public on March 24, 1962.
Seattle Center Monorail. The Monorail travels directly between Westlake Center (5th and Pine Street) and Seattle Center (adjacent to Space Needle and the Museum of Popular Culture). It is America's first full-scale commercial monorail system. The Monorail departs approximately every 10 minutes.
Oct 7, 2019 · Have you heard? The Seattle Center Monorail takes ORCA cards now, bringing the nearly 60-year-old system into the fold with King County Metro, Sound Transit, and other regional providers.
Built for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, Seattle Center Monorail is the fastest way to travel between downtown and Seattle Center. Glide into Seattle Center on the world’s first full-scale ALWEG monorail system.
Aug 11, 2016 · The Monorail, a 1.2-mile track that goes from the Seattle Center to the Westlake Center, was built for the 1962 World's Fair, which ran from April 21 to Oct. 21 of that year. The four-section,...
Originally envisioned as a demonstration of futuristic technology as well as a practical means of connecting Seattle’s retail core and hotel district with the Century 21 fairgrounds, the monorail’s twin red and blue trains have survived crashes, fires and even politics to become something of a critical, if quirky, link between downtown and ...
Oct 2, 2014 · 1962: A 1.2-mile monorail from Seattle Center to downtown opens March 24, just before the World’s Fair. Officials consider extensions to Shoreline or Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
