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The [[Mandalay Bay]] [[Tram]] in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], [[USA]] is a [[Cable]] propelled [[shuttle]] system by [[DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car]] that connects three gaming hotels belonging to the [[MGM]] Mirage Group. It provides the fastest link between one of the major intersections in [[Las Vegas]] and the [[Excalibur]], [[Luxor]] and [[Mandalay Bay]] Resort hotels and casinos.

== General Information ==

The [[Mandalay Bay]] Cable Liner Shuttle consists of an elevated 2,749 ft (838m) long [[guideway]] and two completely independent shuttle systems running side-by-side. The [[guideway]] alignment passes above street level at a height of between 16 and 26 ft (5-8m). One system seerves all four stations along the route, while the other provides an express link between the two end stations. Each system consists of one [[train]] with five cars. The individual cars carry 32 passengers each, thus each [[train]] has a total [[capacity]] of 160 passengers. the passenger [[capacity]] per hour and per direction ([[pphpd]]) is 1,300 passengers for system 1, with four stations, and 1,900 passengers for system 2, with 2 stations. This results in a total [[capacity]] of 3,200 [[pphpd]] (at 4 passengers per sqare meter). In the first year of [[operation]], the [[system]] carried approximately 21 million passengers. The train cars are firmly attached to a haul [[rope]] and run on [[pneumatic tires]] to ensure extremely quiet [[operation]]. The [[train]] can reach a travel speed of 22.4 mph (36 km/h) and the [[guideway]] is an open, modular [[steel]] tube truss [[structure]]. The custom [[train]] [[design]] is one of the highlights, it's so progressive that the trains have been filmed for [[television]] [[commercials]], and the [[Mandalay Bay]] Group patented the [[design]].

== Key Information ==

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! Project Name and Location

| Mandalay Bay Tram, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA ||

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! Project Start Date

|September 2, 1998

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! Completion Date

|April 2, 1999 - First day of public operation

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! Contract Amount

|US $16 million

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== facts ==

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! Length

| 2,749 ft (838m)||

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! Configuration

|Dual track shuttle with tow trains operating independently

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! Operating Speed

|22.4 mph (36km/h)

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! Headway

|220 s

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! Dwell Time

|50 s

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! Guideway

|Elevated steel tube truss

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! System Capacity

|System 1: 1,300 pphpd, System 2: 1,900 pphpd

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! Stations

|System 1: 4, System 2: 2

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! Trains

|Two 5-car trains

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! Train Capacity

|32 passengers/vehicle, 160 passengers/train

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== Links ==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCC_Doppelmayr_Cable_Car Wikipedia Artikel über DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car]

[http://www.dcc.at DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car]