Mark V monorail

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Monorail Blue, a Mark V monorail, passes over the Submarine Lagoon at Disneyland.
Monorail Blue, a Mark V monorail, passes over the Submarine Lagoon at Disneyland.

The Mark V monorail is a design model of monorail trains, utilized by the Disneyland Monorail System at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, USA. They have been in use since 1987, replacing the Mark III monorail. They were built by Ride & Show Engineering, Inc. of San Dimas. The design is based on the Mark IV monorail used at the Walt Disney World Resort on its Walt Disney World Monorail. The trains consist of five cars.

The trains are currently being phased out for the Mark VII monorail, the first of which is already on Disneyland Resort property, and is expected to go into service in Spring 2008.

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The Mark V monorails were the second of the "Learjet" styled monorails used for Disney, based on the design of the Bombardier Mark IVs in service at Walt Disney World. However, the Mark Vs are smaller in capacity and size, being narrower and shorter in height than the Mark IV.