Morgantown, West Virginia: Morgantown's Monorail
Built in the early 1970s, The novel WVU-PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) winds its way over 3.5 miles between downtown and the three campuses of West Virginia University.
- Address:
- 130 Walnut St., Morgantown, WV
- Directions:
- Map point is the south end of the line, at the downtown intersection of Chestnut and Walnut Sts.
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Ahead of its time, the West Virginia University PRT began transporting college kids in 1975 -- up to 15,000 every day. Each car can hold up to 20 passengers, but in 2000 a record 97 crammed into one.
[Stephen Francia, 05/28/2020]Nearby Offbeat Places
Don Knotts Star and Statue, Morgantown, WV - < 1 mi.
Meredith Tunnel, Fairmont, WV - 13 mi.
Coal Country Miniature Golf, Fairmont, WV - 13 mi.In the region:
Lawrence Welk's Original Bubble Machine, Pittsburgh, PA - 56 mi.
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The WVU-PRT winds its way over 3.5 miles between the three Morgantown campuses of West Virginia University. It was built in the early 1970s by JPL-Boeing as a way to burnish the eco-reputation of President Richard Nixon. That part didn't work, but the PRT itself has been surprisingly durable.