Monorail
"Expo Express", the Monorail system at Expo was a free transportation system that connected Place d'Accueil (the entrance) with the Ile Sainte-Helene, Ile Notre-Dame and La Ronde (amusement area). These large Canadian built trains by Hawker Siddeley (the company built the Toronto subway about the same time on a similar design), was a "true steel wheel on rail" system. The trains, that could accomodate nearly 1000 passengers, rode along a mostly elevated track. The trains were quick and efficient in transporting passengers from one section of Expo to another. Trains ran every five minutes and there were rarely any waits.
| The Monorail transported passengers between the islands and to La Ronde. |
Frankly I was so impressed with a system that obviously worked well, that I couldn't figure out why the system wasn't adopted by major American cities immediately. And 30 years later I still wonder why these and other monorail style trains aren't being used.