Kitakyushu Monorail - Documentary (1985)

The Kitakyushu Monorail is featured in this behind-the-scenes documentary, produced by . Motion Pictures Co. Ltd. shortly after the system opened in 1985. Titled ’Pathfinder of Urban Mass Transit-The Kitakyushu Monorail System, Kokura Line,’ the promotional film documents many features of the Hitachi-built system. It was the first Alweg-type monorail in the world to feature flat-floor trains. All earlier Alweg monorails had protrusions into the passenger cabins which covered bogies below. The resul