

The cars were driven by a 3,500-foot-long (1,067 m) external cable, instead of by internal motors. The 1,700-foot-long (518 m) footbridge opened to pedestrians on Jbut the monorail was not operational until July 1982.

The line had two suspended cars constructed in Switzerland, delivered in summer 1981. In 2018, multiple malfunctions occurred during passenger service, one of which required the fire department to attend to stranded passengers, and finally the motor failed. Celebrating its grand opening on July 3, 1982, it was located beneath a footbridge over the Wolf River Lagoon connecting to the southern tip of Mud Island. The Memphis Suspension Railway, Mud Island Monorail, or Memphis Monorail is a suspended monorail that connects the city center of Memphis with the entertainment park on Mud Island.
