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Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

{{Short description|List of rail transport installations}}

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File:WDW Monorail - WDWRR.jpg

{{Quote box|width=28em|align=right|quote=Yes, in one way or another I have always loved trains.|source=—Walt Disney{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=17}}.{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=355}}.|salign=right}}

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.{{Cite web|title=The Walt Disney Company Announces Strategic Reorganization|url=https://dcpi.disney.com/the-walt-disney-company-announces-strategic-reorganization/|publisher=Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media|access-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329150311/https://dcpi.disney.com/the-walt-disney-company-announces-strategic-reorganization/|archive-date=March 29, 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts – Overview|url=https://aboutdisneyparks.com/about/company-overview|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813044153/https://aboutdisneyparks.com/about/company-overview|archive-date=August 13, 2016}} 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.{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|pp=12–15}}.{{Harvp|Amendola|2015|p=9}}. 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,{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Thomas|date=October 1, 2010|title=This Day in History: Walt Disney World Resort Officially Opens – 1971|url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/10/this-day-in-history-walt-disney-world-resort-officially-opens-1971/|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=April 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503202707/https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/10/this-day-in-history-walt-disney-world-resort-officially-opens-1971/|archive-date=May 3, 2016}} Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan,{{Cite web|title=Tokyo Disney Resort|url=https://aboutdisneyparks.com/about/around-the-world/tokyo-disney-resort|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=April 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225034145/https://aboutdisneyparks.com/about/around-the-world/tokyo-disney-resort|archive-date=February 25, 2017}} Disneyland Paris in France,{{Cite web|title=Disneyland Paris|url=https://aboutdisneyparks.com/about/around-the-world/disneyland-paris|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=April 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224223130/https://aboutdisneyparks.com/about/around-the-world/disneyland-paris|archive-date=February 24, 2017}} Hong Kong Disneyland Resort in China,{{Cite web|title=Hong Kong Disneyland|url=https://aboutdisneyparks.com/about/around-the-world/hong-kong-disneyland|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=April 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225034219/https://aboutdisneyparks.com/about/around-the-world/hong-kong-disneyland|archive-date=February 25, 2017}} and Shanghai Disney Resort in China.{{Cite web|title=Shanghai Disney Resort|url=https://aboutdisneyparks.com/about/around-the-world/shanghai-disney-resort|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=April 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225015816/https://aboutdisneyparks.com/about/around-the-world/shanghai-disney-resort|archive-date=February 25, 2017}} 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.{{Cite web|date=2020|title=TEA/AECOM 2019 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report|url=https://www.teaconnect.org/images/files/TEA_369_611616_200731.pdf|publisher=TEA/AECOM|page=11|access-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023005742/https://www.teaconnect.org/images/files/TEA_369_611616_200731.pdf|archive-date=October 23, 2020}}

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,{{Cite web|title=Disneyland Monorail System – official website|url=https://disneyland.disney.go.com/attractions/disneyland/disneyland-monorail/|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220021922/https://disneyland.disney.go.com/attractions/disneyland/disneyland-monorail/|archive-date=February 20, 2017}}{{Cite web|title=Disney Monorail Transportation – official website|url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/monorail-transportation/|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=May 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824140304/https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/monorail-transportation/|archive-date=August 24, 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Disney Resort Line – official website|url=http://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/en/access/drl/index.html|publisher=The Oriental Land Company|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113132045/http://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/en/access/drl/index.html|archive-date=November 13, 2016}} or a conventional rail system connecting external rail networks to the Disney resorts in France and China.{{Cite web|title=Disneyland Paris by Train|url=http://www.disneylandparis.com/en-us/guest-services/train-travel-information/|publisher=Euro Disney S.C.A.|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202215448/http://www.disneylandparis.com/en-us/guest-services/train-travel-information/|archive-date=February 2, 2017}}{{Cite web|title=By MTR|url=https://www.hongkongdisneyland.com/guest-services/mtr-disneyland-resort-line/|publisher=Hong Kong International Theme Parks|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202235259/https://www.hongkongdisneyland.com/guest-services/mtr-disneyland-resort-line/|archive-date=February 2, 2017}}{{Cite web|title=Getting to Shanghai Disney Resort by Shanghai Metro|url=https://www.shanghaidisneyresort.com/en/guest-services/rail/|publisher=Shanghai International Theme Park Company|access-date=July 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429222735/https://www.shanghaidisneyresort.com/en/guest-services/rail/|archive-date=April 29, 2016}} 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.{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=305}}.{{Cite web|last=Freed|first=Benjamin|date=May 24, 2016|title=Florida Congressman Wants Metro to Be More Like Disney World Monorail|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/05/24/florida-congressman-says-make-metro-like-disney-world-monorail/|work=Washingtonian|access-date=May 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525133724/https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/05/24/florida-congressman-says-make-metro-like-disney-world-monorail/|archive-date=May 25, 2016}} 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.{{Harvp|DeGaetano|2015|p=273}}. 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. 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.{{Cite web|last=Kelley|first=Ed|date=January 3, 2002|title=Arrow Dynamics and The Amusement Park Train|url=http://www.discoverlivesteam.com/magazineold/13/13.html|work=Discover Live Steam|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219045009/http://www.discoverlivesteam.com/magazineold/13/13.html|archive-date=February 19, 2017}}{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=385}}.{{Harvp|Amendola|2015|pp=176–177}}. 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,{{Cite web|title=Disneyland Main Street Vehicles – official website|url=https://disneyland.disney.go.com/attractions/disneyland/main-street-vehicles/|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022012122/https://disneyland.disney.go.com/attractions/disneyland/main-street-vehicles/|archive-date=October 22, 2016}}{{Cite web|title=Magic Kingdom Main Street Vehicles – official website|url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/main-street-vehicles/|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201072747/https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/main-street-vehicles/|archive-date=February 1, 2017}}{{Cite web|title=Disneyland Park (Paris) Horse-Drawn Streetcars – official website|url=http://www.disneylandparis.co.uk/attractions/disneyland-park/horse-drawn-streetcars/|publisher=Euro Disney S.C.A.|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022011828/http://www.disneylandparis.co.uk/attractions/disneyland-park/horse-drawn-streetcars/|archive-date=October 22, 2016}} replica vintage electric rail lines in California and Japan,{{Cite web|title=Red Car Trolley – official website|url=https://disneyland.disney.go.com/attractions/disney-california-adventure/red-car-trolley/|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103000649/https://disneyland.disney.go.com/attractions/disney-california-adventure/red-car-trolley/|archive-date=January 3, 2017}}{{Cite web|title=DisneySea Electric Railway – official website (in Japanese)|url=http://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/attraction/detail/str_id:aw_railway/|publisher=The Oriental Land Company|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622061252/http://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/attraction/detail/str_id%3Aaw_railway/|archive-date=June 22, 2016}} and a people mover in Florida.{{Cite web|title=Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover – official website|url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/tomorrowland-transit-authority-peoplemover/|publisher=Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products|access-date=December 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917173507/https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/tomorrowland-transit-authority-peoplemover/|archive-date=September 17, 2018}}

Disneyland Resort

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!scope="col"|Name

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!scope="col"|Opened

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scope="row"|Disneyland Monorail

|General resort area

|File:Dlp nemo lagoon.jpg

|Electric
(busbar){{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=300}}.{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=304}}.

|Monorail

|June 14, 1959{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=298}}.

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|First operational monorail system in the United States. Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark status.{{Cite web|title=Disneyland Monorail System|url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/who-we-are/engineering-history/landmarks/115-disneyland-monorail-system|publisher=American Society of Mechanical Engineers|access-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602230442/https://www.asme.org/about-asme/who-we-are/engineering-history/landmarks/115-disneyland-monorail-system|archive-date=June 2, 2016}} Valid admission to Disneyland is required to ride this monorail.{{Cite web|title=Transportation|url=https://disneyland.disney.go.com/guest-services/transportation/|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217144127/https://disneyland.disney.go.com/guest-services/transportation/|archive-date=February 17, 2017}}

scope="row"|Disneyland Railroad{{Cite web|title=Disneyland Railroad – official website|url=https://disneyland.disney.go.com/attractions/disneyland/disneyland-railroad/|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203080713/https://disneyland.disney.go.com/attractions/disneyland/disneyland-railroad/|archive-date=December 3, 2016}}

|Disneyland

|File:Disneyland Railroad E.P. Ripley.jpg

|Steam{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=31}}.

|{{Track gauge|3ft|lk=on}}{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=220}}.

|July 17, 1955

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|Design inspired by Walt Disney's Carolwood Pacific Railroad and Ward Kimball's Grizzly Flats Railroad.{{Harvp|Amendola|2015|p=118}}.{{Harvp|Amendola|2015|p=139}}.

scope="row"|Main Street Vehicles

|Disneyland

|File:Disneyland - 51541917755.jpg

|Working animal

|{{Track gauge|3ft}}{{Cite web|last=Sohns|first=Peter|date=2017|title=Trams of the World 2017|url=http://blickpunktstrab.net/wordpress2/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tramsderwelt2017.pdf|publisher=Blickpunkt Straßenbahn|page=56|access-date=February 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216202427/http://blickpunktstrab.net/wordpress2/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tramsderwelt2017.pdf|archive-date=February 16, 2017}}

|July 17, 1955{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=283}}.

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|Besides the tramway with horse-drawn streetcars, non-rail, old-fashioned motor vehicles are also part of this attraction.

scope="row"|Casey Jr. Circus Train{{Cite web|title=Casey Jr. Circus Train – official website|url=https://disneyland.disney.go.com/attractions/disneyland/casey-jr-circus-train/|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203140402/https://disneyland.disney.go.com/attractions/disneyland/casey-jr-circus-train/|archive-date=December 3, 2016}}

|Disneyland

|File:CaseyJrCircusTrain at Disneyland.JPG

|Internal combustion
(gasoline)

|{{Track gauge|2ft|lk=on}}{{Cite web|date=June 15, 2016|title=The Unknown Engineer of the Disneyland Railroad|url=http://micechat.com/128561-unknown-engineer-disneyland-railroad/|work=MiceChat|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821221841/http://micechat.com/128561-unknown-engineer-disneyland-railroad/|archive-date=August 21, 2016}}

|July 17, 1955{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|pp=284–286}}.

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|Based on the anthropomorphic locomotive character Casey Junior from the Disney 1941 animated feature film Dumbo

scope="row"|Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=288}}.
(formerly Rainbow Caverns Mine Train)

|Disneyland{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=287}}.

|File:Disneyland train (10679070933).jpg

|Electric
(battery){{Harvp|Broggie|2014|pp=289–291}}.

|{{Track gauge|2ft6in|lk=on}}

|July 2, 1956

|January 2, 1977{{Cite web|date=June 12, 2015|title=Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland|url=http://waltdisney.org/blog/mine-train-through-natures-wonderland|publisher=The Walt Disney Family Museum|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729013051/http://waltdisney.org/blog/mine-train-through-natures-wonderland|archive-date=July 29, 2016}}

|Replaced by the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad mine train roller coaster attraction{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=292}}.

scope="row"|Viewliner Train of Tomorrow{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=293}}.

|Disneyland{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=294}}.

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|Internal combustion
(gasoline)

|{{Track gauge|2ft6in}}

|June 10, 1957

|September 30, 1958

|Replaced by the Disneyland Monorail System

scope="row"|PeopleMover{{Cite web|last=Gennawey|first=Sam|date=December 8, 2014|title=The WEDway PeopleMover Story|url=https://micechat.com/17017-peoplemover/|work=MiceChat|access-date=December 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010135623/https://micechat.com/17017-peoplemover/|archive-date=October 10, 2016}}

|Disneyland

|File:1978 • Peoplemover.jpg

|Electric
(track-embedded spinning tires)

|People mover{{Cite web|last=Shatkin|first=Elina|date=November 23, 2015|title=Vintage Disneyland PeopleMover Cars Sell for $471,500|url=https://www.scpr.org/news/2015/11/23/55820/vintage-disney-peoplemover-car-sells-for-471-500/|work=KPCC|access-date=December 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124151649/https://www.scpr.org/news/2015/11/23/55820/vintage-disney-peoplemover-car-sells-for-471-500/|archive-date=November 24, 2015}}

|July 2, 1967

|August 21, 1995

|The former line's elevated track infrastructure is still present at the park.

scope="row"|Jolly Trolley{{Cite web|last=Glover|first=Erin|date=October 28, 2016|title=A Neighborhood with Character: The Vehicles of Mickey's Toontown at Disneyland Park|url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/10/a-neighborhood-with-character-the-vehicles-of-mickeys-toontown-at-disneyland-park/|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217042630/https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2016/10/a-neighborhood-with-character-the-vehicles-of-mickeys-toontown-at-disneyland-park/|archive-date=February 17, 2017}}

|Disneyland

|File:Jolly Trolley (Disneyland).jpg

|Internal combustion
(diesel){{Cite web|date=November 2001|title=Evaluation of the Economic Viability of Narrow-Gauge Local Rail Systems|url=http://www.nctr.usf.edu/pdf/narrowgauge.pdf|publisher=University of South Florida|page=8|access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323030403/http://www.nctr.usf.edu/pdf/narrowgauge.pdf|archive-date=March 23, 2016}}

|{{Track gauge|3ft}}

|January 24, 1993{{Cite web|date=July 12, 2012|title=A History of Disneyland Transportation|url=http://www.waltdisney.org/blog/history-disneyland-transportation|publisher=The Walt Disney Family Museum|access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712232040/http://www.waltdisney.org/blog/history-disneyland-transportation|archive-date=July 12, 2015}}

|December 2003{{Cite web|date=December 11, 2014|title=Jolly Trolley|url=http://duchessofdisneyland.com/park-history/jolly-trolley/|work=Duchess of Disneyland|access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218191023/http://duchessofdisneyland.com/park-history/jolly-trolley/|archive-date=February 18, 2017}}

|The former line and ride vehicles are still present at the park as static displays.

scope="row"|Red Car Trolley

|Disney California Adventure

|File:Red Car Trolley - side on - California Adventure.jpg

|Electric
(battery){{Cite web|last=Eades|first=Mark|date=June 14, 2012|title=Imagineer Brings Rail Passion to Disney Expansion|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/cars-358554-spencer-street.html|work=Orange County Register|access-date=February 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404103150/http://www.ocregister.com/articles/cars-358554-spencer-street.html|archive-date=April 4, 2016}}

|{{Track gauge|1000mm|allk=on}}

|June 15, 2012{{Cite web|title=Red Car Trolley|url=https://touringplans.com/disney-california-adventure/attractions/red-car-trolleys|work=TouringPlans.com|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018033717/http://touringplans.com/disney-california-adventure/attractions/red-car-trolleys|archive-date=October 18, 2015}}

|style="text-align:center;"|February 9, 2025{{Cite web|last=Kendall|first=Samantha|date=December 5, 2024|title=Disney Announces Closing Date for an Iconic Attraction|url=https://allears.net/2024/12/05/disney-announces-closing-date-for-an-iconic-attraction/|work=AllEars.net|access-date=February 10, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207215505/https://allears.net/2024/12/05/disney-announces-closing-date-for-an-iconic-attraction/|archive-date=December 7, 2024}}

|Non-operating overhead wires are in place to recreate the appearance of a heritage streetcar line.{{Cite web|last=Walker|first=Theresa|date=June 15, 2012|title=Red Car Trolleys Aim for L.A. Nostalgia|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/red-358682-cars-trolleys.html|work=Orange County Register|access-date=February 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320223533/http://www.ocregister.com/articles/red-358682-cars-trolleys.html|archive-date=March 20, 2016}}

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|{{Disneyland Monorail System}}

|{{Disneyland Railroad}}

|{{Main Street Vehicles (Disneyland)}}

|{{Casey Jr. Circus Train}}

Walt Disney World

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!scope="col"|Name

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scope="row"|Walt Disney World Monorail System

|Magic Kingdom and Epcot resort areas

|File:Monorail Coral.jpg

|Electric
(busbar){{Cite web|last=Mongello|first=Lou|date=August 10, 2010|title=Extending the Walt Disney World Monorail|url=http://www.wdwradio.com/2010/08/extending-the-walt-disney-world-monorail/|work=WDWRadio|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619155213/http://www.wdwradio.com/2010/08/extending-the-walt-disney-world-monorail|archive-date=June 19, 2016}}

|Monorail

|October 1, 1971{{Cite web|date=October 1, 2014|title=Disney World Celebrates Its 43rd Anniversary|url=http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/10/01/disney-world-celebrates-its-43rd-anniversary/|work=WFOR-TV|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915094018/http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/10/01/disney-world-celebrates-its-43rd-anniversary/|archive-date=September 15, 2015}}

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|One of the world's busiest monorail systems with an estimated 150,000 passengers each day. No purchase of any kind is required to ride this monorail.{{Cite web|title=Transportation – Frequently Asked Questions|url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/transportation/public-complimentary-transportation/|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205045450/https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/transportation/public-complimentary-transportation/|archive-date=February 5, 2017}}

scope="row"|Walt Disney World Railroad{{Cite web|title=Walt Disney World Railroad – official website|url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/walt-disney-world-railroad/|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014051440/https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/walt-disney-world-railroad/|archive-date=October 14, 2016}}

|Magic Kingdom

|File:WDWRR - Lilly Belle 2016 2.jpg

|Steam{{Harvp|Amendola|2015|pp=148–149}}.

|{{Track gauge|3ft}}{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|pp=320–323}}.

|October 1, 1971{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=333}}.

|style="text-align:center;"|–

|All four locomotives, originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, were purchased from the Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán.

scope="row"|Main Street Vehicles

|Magic Kingdom

|File:Horse trolley Main street Circle Magic Kingdom Walt Disney World.jpg

|Working animal

|{{Track gauge|3ft}}

|October 1, 1971{{Cite web|title=Main Street Vehicles|url=https://touringplans.com/magic-kingdom/attractions/main-street-vehicles|work=TouringPlans.com|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016195746/http://touringplans.com/magic-kingdom/attractions/main-street-vehicles|archive-date=October 16, 2015}}

|style="text-align:center;"|–

|Besides the tramway with horse-drawn streetcars, non-rail, old-fashioned motor vehicles are also part of this attraction.

scope="row"|PeopleMover

|Magic Kingdom

|File:WEDWay Peoplemover (7767818330).jpg

|Electric
(track-embedded linear induction motors)

|People mover{{Cite web|last=Jex|first=Shaun|date=January 22, 2018|title=Four Facts About the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover's History|url=https://www.celebrationspress.com/2018/01/22/four-facts-about-the-tomorrowland-transit-authority-peoplemovers-history/|publisher=Celebrations|access-date=December 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217035400/https://www.celebrationspress.com/2018/01/22/four-facts-about-the-tomorrowland-transit-authority-peoplemovers-history/|archive-date=December 17, 2018}}

|July 1, 1975

|style="text-align:center;"|–

|An early concept model for Epcot can be seen during the ride. Used purely as an attraction and not for transportation purposes, as it only has one station.{{Cite web|title=Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover Tomorrowland Magic Kingdom|url=https://allears.net/magic-kingdom/tomorrowland-transit-authority-peoplemover-tomorrowland-magic-kingdom/|work=AllEars.net|access-date=September 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929012232/https://allears.net/magic-kingdom/tomorrowland-transit-authority-peoplemover-tomorrowland-magic-kingdom/|archive-date=September 29, 2023}}

scope="row"|Fort Wilderness Railroad{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=335}}.

|Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground

|style="text-align:center;"|–

|Steam

|{{Track gauge|2ft6in}}{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=336}}.

|January 1, 1974{{Harvp|Leaphart|2014|p=61}}.

|February 1980{{Harvp|Leaphart|2014|p=88}}.

|Numerous operational problems, poor design, and high costs led to the closure of this railroad.{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=343}}.

scope="row"|Wildlife Express Train{{Cite web|title=Wildlife Express Train – official website|url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/animal-kingdom/wildlife-express-train/|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201131336/https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/animal-kingdom/wildlife-express-train/|archive-date=February 1, 2017}}

|Disney's Animal Kingdom

|File:Walt Disney World (23405937086).jpg

|Internal combustion
(diesel)

|{{Track gauge|3ft}}

|April 22, 1998{{Cite web|title=Wildlife Express Train: Africa Station|url=https://touringplans.com/animal-kingdom/attractions/wildlife-express-train-africa-station|work=TouringPlans.com|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812112558/http://touringplans.com/animal-kingdom/attractions/wildlife-express-train-africa-station|archive-date=August 12, 2015}}

|style="text-align:center;"|–

|Despite the dated and weathered appearance of the trains, they are actually brand-new models built by Severn Lamb.{{Harvp|Amendola|2015|pp=158–159}}.

=Route diagrams=

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|rowspan=2|{{Disney Transport}}

|{{Walt Disney World Railroad}}

|{{Main Street Vehicles (Magic Kingdom)}}

{{Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover}}

|{{Wildlife Express Train}}

Tokyo Disney Resort

{{Main|Tokyo Disney Resort}}

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!scope="col"|Name

!scope="col"|Location

!scope="col"|Image

!scope="col"|Motive power type

!scope="col"|Track gauge

!scope="col"|Opened

!scope="col"|Closed

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scope="row"|Disney Resort Line

|General resort area

|File:DRL-TypeC121-wiki.jpg

|Electric
(busbar){{Cite web|title=ディズニーリゾートライン (in Japanese)|url=http://www.mjws.org/in-tdl.html|work=Monorails of Japan web site|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220011613/http://www.mjws.org/in-tdl.html|archive-date=February 20, 2017}}

|Monorail

|July 27, 2001{{Cite web|date=July 27, 2015|title=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)|url=http://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/blog/150727/|publisher=The Oriental Land Company|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928075149/http://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/blog/150727/|archive-date=September 28, 2015}}

|style="text-align:center;"|–

|Fares are required to ride this monorail. A transfer to Maihama Station, served by the JR East rail network's Keiyō Line and Musashino Line, exists via a short walk from the monorail's Resort Gateway Station.{{Cite web|title=By Train|url=http://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/en/access/index.html|publisher=The Oriental Land Company|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217040900/http://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/en/access/index.html|archive-date=February 17, 2017}}

scope="row"|Western River Railroad{{Cite web|title=Western River Railroad – official website (in Japanese)|url=http://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/attraction/detail/str_id:al_western/|publisher=The Oriental Land Company|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110003119/http://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/attraction/detail/str_id%3Aal_western/|archive-date=January 10, 2017}}

|Tokyo Disneyland

|File:Western River Railroad Missouri a.jpg

|Steam{{Harvp|Amendola|2015|p=168}}.

|{{Track gauge|2ft6in}}

|April 15, 1983

|style="text-align:center;"|–

|Used purely as an attraction and not for transportation purposes, as it only has one station{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=345}}.

scope="row"|Jolly Trolley{{Cite web|last=Yukihiro|first=Minami|date=February 26, 2013|title=TDLジョリートローリー （東京ディズニーランド）(in Japanese)|url=http://railscape.travel-way.net/n/tdl-jt/|work=RailScape|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217063412/http://railscape.travel-way.net/n/tdl-jt/|archive-date=February 17, 2017}}

|Tokyo Disneyland

|File:Tokyo Disneyland Toontown (53441819116).jpg

|Electric
(battery){{Cite web|title=東京ディズニーランド ジョリートロリー (in Japanese)|url=http://higeoyajimoe.web.fc2.com/parktrain/095.html|work=こどもてつどう|access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701045810/http://higeoyajimoe.web.fc2.com/parktrain/095.html|archive-date=July 1, 2013}}

|{{Track gauge|3ft}}

|April 15, 1996

|April 14, 2009

|The former line and ride vehicles are still present at the park as static displays.

scope="row"|DisneySea Electric Railway

|Tokyo DisneySea

|File:Maihama, Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture 279-0031, Japan - panoramio - jetsun (7).jpg

|Electric
(third rail){{Cite web|last=Yukihiro|first=Minami|date=March 8, 2015|title=ディズニーシー・エレクトリックレールウェイ (in Japanese)|url=http://railscape.travel-way.net/k/tds-er/|work=RailScape|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110065658/http://railscape.travel-way.net/k/tds-er/|archive-date=January 10, 2017}}

|{{Track gauge|2ft6in}}

|September 4, 2001{{Cite web|title=DisneySea Electric Railway|url=https://www.parkz.com.au/parks/JP/Urayasu/Tokyo_Disneysea/ride/444-Disneysea-Electric-Railway|work=Parkz|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219012614/https://www.parkz.com.au/parks/JP/Urayasu/Tokyo_Disneysea/ride/444-Disneysea-Electric-Railway|archive-date=February 19, 2017}}

|style="text-align:center;"|–

|Designed to recreate the appearance of a classic elevated railway line

=Route diagrams=

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|{{Disney Resort Line}}

|{{Western River Railroad}}

|{{DisneySea Electric Railway}}

Disneyland Paris

{{Main|Disneyland Paris}}

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!scope="col"|Name

!scope="col"|Location

!scope="col"|Image

!scope="col"|Motive power type

!scope="col"|Track gauge

!scope="col"|Opened

!scope="col"|Closed

!scope="col" width=25%|Notes

scope="row"|Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy station

|General resort area

|File:OuiGo à MLV–Chessy.jpg

|Electric
(overhead wire){{Cite web|date=October 9, 2014|title=La Ligne A du RER (in French)|url=https://www.symbioz.net/index.php?id=45|publisher=Symbioz/CR-Corporation|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314055626/http://symbioz.net/index.php?id=45|archive-date=March 14, 2016}}{{Cite magazine|date=August–September 2007|title=Pantographs Participate in the TGV Speed Record|url=http://media.tim-europe.com/archives/IEN/2007/0809/IEN.pdf|magazine=IEN Europe|publisher=Thomas Industrial Media|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828183831/http://media.tim-europe.com/archives/IEN/2007/0809/IEN.pdf|archive-date=August 28, 2016}}

|{{Track gauge|4ft8.5in|allk=on}}{{Cite web|title=The Metro|url=http://www.hotel-des-bains-montparnasse.com/en/le-metro-quelle-aventure-2/|publisher=Hôtel des Bains|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219233124/http://www.hotel-des-bains-montparnasse.com/en/le-metro-quelle-aventure-2/|archive-date=February 19, 2017}}

|April 1, 1992 (RER);{{Cite web|date=March 2, 2016|title=Portrait of the RER A|url=http://travaux-ete-rera.ratp.fr/en/all-about-the-project/portrait-of-the-rer-a/|publisher=RATP Group|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629162459/http://travaux-ete-rera.ratp.fr/en/all-about-the-project/portrait-of-the-rer-a/|archive-date=June 29, 2016}}
May 29, 1994 (TGV){{Cite web|date=September 2005|title=Bilan LOTI de la LGV Interconnexion Ile-de-France (in French)|url=http://www.cgedd.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/Lgv_InterConnex_IDF_cle0fa1af.pdf|publisher=Réseau Ferré de France|page=35|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320074321/http://www.cgedd.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/Lgv_InterConnex_IDF_cle0fa1af.pdf|archive-date=March 20, 2016}}

|style="text-align:center;"|–

|Served by commuter trains on the Réseau Express Régional (RER) rail network's RER A line, as well as TGV inOui, Ouigo, and Eurostar high-speed trains{{Cite web|title=Train Travel to Disneyland Paris|url=https://special-offers.en.voyages-sncf.com/en/disney|publisher=SNCF|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217023614/https://special-offers.en.voyages-sncf.com/en/disney|archive-date=February 17, 2017}}{{Cite web|title=Gare Marne-la-Vallée Chessy (in French)|url=https://www.sncf-connect.com/gares/marne-la-vallee-chessy|publisher=SNCF|access-date=June 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426114456/https://www.sncf-connect.com/gares/marne-la-vallee-chessy|archive-date=April 26, 2024}}

scope="row"|Disneyland Railroad{{Cite web|title=Disneyland Railroad (Paris) – official website|url=http://www.disneylandparis.co.uk/attractions/disneyland-park/disneyland-railroad-main-street-station/|publisher=Euro Disney S.C.A.|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005132853/http://www.disneylandparis.co.uk/attractions/disneyland-park/disneyland-railroad-main-street-station/|archive-date=October 5, 2016}}

|Disneyland Park

|File:Euro Disneyland Railroad No.3 G. Washington.jpg

|Steam{{Harvp|Amendola|2015|p=160}}.

|{{Track gauge|3ft}}

|April 12, 1992

|style="text-align:center;"|–

|Originally named Euro Disneyland Railroad, and its old initials, EDRR, are still visible in parts of the park{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=358}}.

scope="row"|Horse-Drawn Streetcars

|Disneyland Park

|File:Horse-Drawn Streetcars - Disneyland Park - 3845639371.jpg

|Working animal

|{{Track gauge|3ft}}

|April 12, 1992{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Horse-Drawn Streetcars|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/horse-drawn-streetcars/|work=D23: the Official Disney Fan Club|publisher=The Walt Disney Company|access-date=July 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001162141/https://d23.com/a-to-z/horse-drawn-streetcars/|archive-date=October 1, 2023}}

|style="text-align:center;"|–

|Unlike its counterpart attractions in other Disney parks, this tramway is a separate attraction from the non-rail, old-fashioned motor vehicles making up the Main Street Vehicles attraction.

=Route diagrams=

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|{{Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy station|disney=yes}}

|{{Disneyland Railroad (Paris)}}

|{{Horse-Drawn Streetcars (Disneyland Park (Paris))}}

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

{{Main|Hong Kong Disneyland Resort}}

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!scope="col"|Name

!scope="col"|Location

!scope="col"|Image

!scope="col"|Motive power type

!scope="col"|Track gauge

!scope="col"|Opened

!scope="col"|Closed

!scope="col" width=25%|Notes

scope="row"|Disneyland Resort line

|General resort area

|File:Sunny Bay Station (57).JPG

|Electric
(overhead wire){{Cite web|date=2016|title=MTR Corporation Limited|url=http://www.td.gov.hk/mini_site/atd/2016/en/section5_11.html|publisher=Transport Department|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219173441/http://www.td.gov.hk/mini_site/atd/2016/en/section5_11.html|archive-date=February 19, 2017}}

|{{Track gauge|1432mm}}

|August 1, 2005{{Cite web|title=Disneyland Resort Line|url=https://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/hongkong/transportation/metro-disney-line.htm|work=Travel China Guide|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821205654/https://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/hongkong/transportation/metro-disney-line.htm|archive-date=August 21, 2016}}

|style="text-align:center;"|–

|Run by the MTR rapid transit rail network along with the line's two stations: Sunny Bay station and Disneyland Resort station. The former station is shared with MTR's Tung Chung line.{{Cite web|title=Sunny Bay Station Layout|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/ch/services/layouts/sun.pdf|publisher=MTR|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606043426/http://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/ch/services/layouts/sun.pdf|archive-date=June 6, 2016}}

scope="row"|Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad{{Cite web|title=Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad – official website|url=https://www.hongkongdisneyland.com/attractions/hong-kong-disneyland-railroad-main-street-station/|publisher=Hong Kong International Theme Parks|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022011814/https://www.hongkongdisneyland.com/attractions/hong-kong-disneyland-railroad-main-street-station/|archive-date=October 22, 2016}}

|Hong Kong Disneyland

|File:Hkdisrailtrain.JPG

|Internal combustion
(diesel)

|{{Track gauge|3ft}}

|September 12, 2005

|style="text-align:center;"|–

|Unlike its counterpart attractions in other Disney parks where the trains are powered by steam, this railroad's locomotives are steam outline models, which are diesel locomotives with the outward appearance of steam locomotives.

=Route diagrams=

Class=wikitable

|{{Disneyland Resort line RDT|disney=yes}}

|{{Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad}}

Shanghai Disney Resort

{{Main|Shanghai Disney Resort}}

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!scope="col"|Motive power type

!scope="col"|Track gauge

!scope="col"|Opened

!scope="col"|Closed

!scope="col" width=25%|Notes

scope="row"|Disney Resort station

|General resort area

|File:Disney Resort Station Line 11 Platform Screen Doors.jpg

|Electric
(overhead wire){{Cite web|title=Shanghai|url=http://www.urbanrail.net/as/cn/shan/shanghai.htm|work=UrbanRail.Net|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229030045/http://www.urbanrail.net/as/cn/shan/shanghai.htm|archive-date=December 29, 2016}}

|{{Track gauge|4ft8.5in|al=on}}

|April 26, 2016{{Cite web|last=Li|first=Xin|date=April 21, 2016|title=上海地铁迪士尼站下周二开站 末班车最晚22:30 (in Chinese)|url=http://shanghai.xinmin.cn/msrx/2016/04/21/29883675.html|work=Xinmin.cn|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509152150/http://shanghai.xinmin.cn/msrx/2016/04/21/29883675.html|archive-date=May 9, 2016}}

|style="text-align:center;"|–

|Served by Line 11 of the Shanghai Metro rapid transit rail network

=Route diagrams=

Class=wikitable

|{{Disney Resort station|disney=yes}}

See also

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Museums and private railroads with rolling stock previously run on Disney property:

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References

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Bibliography

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  • {{Cite book|last=Amendola|first=Dana|year=2015|title=All Aboard: The Wonderful World of Disney Trains|edition=1st|publisher=Disney Editions|isbn=978-1-4231-1714-8}}
  • {{Cite book|last=Broggie|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Broggie|year=2014|title=Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom|edition=4th|publisher=The Donning Company Publishers|isbn=978-1-57864-914-3}}
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External links

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