List of rail transport installations
Trains of the Walt Disney World Monorail System (foreground) and Walt Disney World Railroad (background) at the entrance to Magic Kingdom
Yes, in one way or another I have always loved trains.
—Walt Disney[ 1] [ 2]
Rail transport can be found in every theme park resort property owned or licensed by Disney Experiences , one of the three business segments of the Walt Disney Company .[ 3] [ 4] The origins of Disney theme park rail transport can be traced back to Walt Disney himself and his personal fondness for railroads, who insisted that they be included in the first Disney park, the original Disneyland (a key component of the Disneyland Resort) in California in the United States, which opened on July 17, 1955.[ 5] [ 6] The Disney tradition of including transport by rail in, and adjacent to, its parks has since been extended to other Disney properties with the opening of Walt Disney World in Florida in the United States,[ 7] Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan,[ 8] Disneyland Paris in France,[ 9] Hong Kong Disneyland Resort in China,[ 10] and Shanghai Disney Resort in China.[ 11] The Disney theme park chain is the largest on the planet by annual attendance with over 155 million visitors in 2019, and the rail systems located inside its properties play key roles as modes of transportation and as attractions for its visitors.[ 12]
Each Disney theme park resort has a rail transport system serving its general resort area, whether it is a monorail system located inside the Disney resort properties in the United States and Japan,[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] or a conventional rail system connecting external rail networks to the Disney resorts in France and China.[ 16] [ 17] [ 18] The Disneyland Monorail System in California was the first monorail system in the United States; the Walt Disney World Monorail System in Florida, with an estimated 150,000 passengers per day, is one of the busiest monorail systems in the world.[ 19] [ 20] Both Disney park resort properties in the United States, as well as those in Japan and France, contain theme parks that feature genuine steam-powered railroads.[ 21] The Disney park chain has one of the world's largest private collections of operational steam locomotives , with seventeen in total spread across the globe.[ 21] Additional rail systems within the theme parks in both United States resorts and the Hong Kong resort resemble steam-powered railroads, but their locomotives are powered by internal combustion engines .[ 22] [ 23] [ 24] Other rail transport modes found in Disney parks include horse-drawn streetcar rail lines within both resorts in the United States and the resort in France,[ 25] [ 26] [ 27] replica vintage electric rail lines in California and Japan,[ 28] [ 29] and a people mover in Florida.[ 30]
Disneyland Monorail System
Main Street Vehicles (Disneyland)
Car barn (not open to public)
Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard
Carthay Circle
Buena Vista Street
Bus and parking lot tram transfers(via short walks outside park)
Transport in Walt Disney World
Walt Disney World Railroad
Main Street Vehicles (Magic Kingdom)
Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
Storage facility (not open to public)
Space Mountain
Maintenance facility (not open to public)
Ferry transfer(via short walk inside park)
Stillwater Junction Station (display only)
Adventureland
Bus and monorail transfers (via short walks outside park)
DisneySea Electric Railway
Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy station
Station bypass tracks
Chessy Nord bus stops
Track 5
Track 4
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
Chessy Sud bus stops
Disneyland Railroad (Paris)
Horse-Drawn Streetcars (Disneyland Park (Paris))
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
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Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad
Shanghai Disney Resort
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21 to Tanghuang Road (opening 2026)
Platform 1
Platform 2
Bus stops
Similar railroads:
Museums and private railroads with rolling stock previously run on Disney property:
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^ "Hong Kong Disneyland" . Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2017 .
^ "Shanghai Disney Resort" . Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2017 .
^ "TEA/AECOM 2019 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report" (PDF) . TEA /AECOM . 2020. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2020 .
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^ a b c d "Disney Monorail Transportation – official website" . Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Archived from the original on August 24, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2019 .
^ a b c d e f "Disney Resort Line – official website" . The Oriental Land Company . Archived from the original on November 13, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2017 .
^ a b c "Disneyland Paris by Train" . Euro Disney S.C.A. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ a b c d "By MTR" . Hong Kong International Theme Parks . Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017 .
^ a b c d "Getting to Shanghai Disney Resort by Shanghai Metro" . Shanghai International Theme Park Company. Archived from the original on April 29, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016 .
^ a b Broggie (2014) , p. 305.
^ a b Freed, Benjamin (May 24, 2016). "Florida Congressman Wants Metro to Be More Like Disney World Monorail" . Washingtonian . Archived from the original on May 25, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2017 .
^ a b DeGaetano (2015) , p. 273.
^ a b Kelley, Ed (January 3, 2002). "Arrow Dynamics and The Amusement Park Train" . Discover Live Steam . Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ a b c Broggie (2014) , p. 385.
^ a b c d e Amendola (2015) , pp. 176–177.
^ a b c d e "Disneyland Main Street Vehicles – official website" . Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
^ a b c d e "Magic Kingdom Main Street Vehicles – official website" . Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
^ a b c d e "Disneyland Park (Paris) Horse-Drawn Streetcars – official website" . Euro Disney S.C.A. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
^ a b c "Red Car Trolley – official website" . Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ a b c "DisneySea Electric Railway – official website (in Japanese)" . The Oriental Land Company. Archived from the original on June 22, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ a b c d e "Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover – official website" . Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products . Archived from the original on September 17, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018 .
^ Broggie (2014) , p. 300.
^ Broggie (2014) , p. 304.
^ Broggie (2014) , p. 298.
^ "Disneyland Monorail System" . American Society of Mechanical Engineers . Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
^ "Transportation" . Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017 .
^ a b "Disneyland Railroad – official website" . Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
^ a b c Broggie (2014) , p. 31.
^ Broggie (2014) , p. 220.
^ Amendola (2015) , p. 118.
^ Amendola (2015) , p. 139.
^ a b c Sohns, Peter (2017). "Trams of the World 2017" (PDF) . Blickpunkt Straßenbahn. p. 56. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017 .
^ Broggie (2014) , p. 283.
^ a b "Casey Jr. Circus Train – official website" . Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ "The Unknown Engineer of the Disneyland Railroad" . MiceChat . June 15, 2016. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ a b c d Broggie (2014) , pp. 284–286.
^ Broggie (2014) , p. 288.
^ Broggie (2014) , p. 287.
^ a b Broggie (2014) , pp. 289–291.
^ "Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland" . The Walt Disney Family Museum . June 12, 2015. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ Broggie (2014) , p. 292.
^ a b c Broggie (2014) , p. 293.
^ a b c d Broggie (2014) , p. 294.
^ a b c Gennawey, Sam (December 8, 2014). "The WEDway PeopleMover Story" . MiceChat . Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2018 .
^ a b c d Shatkin, Elina (November 23, 2015). "Vintage Disneyland PeopleMover Cars Sell for $471,500" . KPCC . Archived from the original on November 24, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2018 .
^ a b c Glover, Erin (October 28, 2016). "A Neighborhood with Character: The Vehicles of Mickey's Toontown at Disneyland Park" . Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017 .
^ "Evaluation of the Economic Viability of Narrow-Gauge Local Rail Systems" (PDF) . University of South Florida . November 2001. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2017 .
^ a b c "東京ディズニーランド ジョリートロリー (in Japanese)" . こどもてつどう . Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2017 .
^ "A History of Disneyland Transportation" . The Walt Disney Family Museum. July 12, 2012. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2017 .
^ "Jolly Trolley" . Duchess of Disneyland . December 11, 2014. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017 .
^ a b Eades, Mark (June 14, 2012). "Imagineer Brings Rail Passion to Disney Expansion" . Orange County Register . Archived from the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2017 .
^ "Red Car Trolley" . TouringPlans.com . Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ Walker, Theresa (June 15, 2012). "Red Car Trolleys Aim for L.A. Nostalgia" . Orange County Register . Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2017 .
^ Mongello, Lou (August 10, 2010). "Extending the Walt Disney World Monorail" . WDWRadio . Archived from the original on June 19, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
^ "Disney World Celebrates Its 43rd Anniversary" . WFOR-TV . October 1, 2014. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
^ "Transportation – Frequently Asked Questions" . Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Archived from the original on February 5, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017 .
^ a b "Walt Disney World Railroad – official website" . Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Archived from the original on October 14, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
^ Amendola (2015) , pp. 148–149.
^ a b Broggie (2014) , pp. 320–323.
^ Broggie (2014) , p. 333.
^ "Main Street Vehicles" . TouringPlans.com . Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ a b Jex, Shaun (January 22, 2018). "Four Facts About the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover's History" . Celebrations. Archived from the original on December 17, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018 .
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^ a b "Wildlife Express Train – official website" . Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ "Wildlife Express Train: Africa Station" . TouringPlans.com . Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ Amendola (2015) , pp. 158–159.
^ "ディズニーリゾートライン (in Japanese)" . Monorails of Japan web site . Archived from the original on February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
^ "ディズニーリゾートラインでスティッチを発見♪いたずらムービーを公開中! (in Japanese)" . The Oriental Land Company. July 27, 2015. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ "By Train" . The Oriental Land Company. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017 .
^ a b "Western River Railroad – official website (in Japanese)" . The Oriental Land Company. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
^ a b c Amendola (2015) , p. 168.
^ Broggie (2014) , p. 345.
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^ a b c Yukihiro, Minami (March 8, 2015). "ディズニーシー・エレクトリックレールウェイ (in Japanese)" . RailScape . Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017 .
^ "DisneySea Electric Railway" . Parkz . Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ "La Ligne A du RER (in French)" . Symbioz/CR-Corporation. October 9, 2014. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ "Pantographs Participate in the TGV Speed Record" (PDF) . IEN Europe . Thomas Industrial Media . August–September 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 28, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ "The Metro" . Hôtel des Bains. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ "Portrait of the RER A" . RATP Group . March 2, 2016. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ "Bilan LOTI de la LGV Interconnexion Ile-de-France (in French)" (PDF) . Réseau Ferré de France . September 2005. p. 35. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ "Train Travel to Disneyland Paris" . SNCF . Archived from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017 .
^ "Gare Marne-la-Vallée Chessy (in French)" . SNCF. Archived from the original on April 26, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024 .
^ a b "Disneyland Railroad (Paris) – official website" . Euro Disney S.C.A. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
^ a b c Amendola (2015) , p. 160.
^ Broggie (2014) , p. 358.
^ "Horse-Drawn Streetcars" . D23: the Official Disney Fan Club . The Walt Disney Company . Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2024 .
^ a b "MTR Corporation Limited" . Transport Department . 2016. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ "Disneyland Resort Line" . Travel China Guide . Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
^ "Sunny Bay Station Layout" (PDF) . MTR. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2017 .
^ a b "Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad – official website" . Hong Kong International Theme Parks. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
^ a b "Shanghai" . UrbanRail.Net . Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
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