‘New’ monorail train goes into service at Disney World

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Monorail Teal, the “new” train built by Walt Disney World using the undamaged remains of two trains that collided this summer, is officially in service.

“Teal is now up and running,” Disney spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez said this morning.

Disney announced last month that it had built Teal with components from monorails Pink and Purple, the two trains involved in a deadly accident over the summer. (Each of Disney’s monorail ...

trains is distinguished by a stripe of color painted along its sides.) The crash killed 21-year-old monorail driver Austin Wuennenberg of Kissimmee and has prompted multiple federal safety investigations.

Disney has retired the colors pink and purple.

With Teal now in service, Disney’s monorail fleet now stands at 11 trains, which is still one short of the 12 it had in service before the July accident. Disney is expected to add a 12th train next year.

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