Las Vegas Monorail

It’s not the cheapest way to get up and down the Las Vegas Strip, but it might be the most enjoyable. After years of problems and delays, the Las Vegas Monorail began offering stable service on its 4-mile route in 2005. Many people ride it as much as an amusement as a means of transportation, but it can be pretty useful, especially during the city’s sweltering summers.

If you haven’t been to Las Vegas yet, you’ll notice when you get there that traffic on the Las Vegas Strip can move at sub-pedestrian speeds at times, so this fast and air-conditioned monorail can really be well worth it during busy periods. There are cheaper methods of transportation in Las Vegas, but they are all going to be stuck in the same traffic so the monorail is often the fastest way to get around.

The route

At the moment, the Las Vegas Monorail has 7 stops that range from the MGM Grand Hotel near the south end of the Strip to the Sahara near the north end of the Strip. This also includes stops at both the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Las Vegas Hilton, so it can be especially useful for anyone going to either of those off-Strip places. The portion that goes along the Strip is actually behind the hotels to the east, so it’s not terribly convenient for people who want to ride from one Strip casino to another Strip casino.

There has been a plan to extend it north all the way to Downtown Las Vegas, but that idea seems to be on hold now and may never happen. There is also a plan to extend it south, underground, to McCarran Airport, but ground has not yet broken so that’s still a bit in the future if that happens at all.

The stops from north to south:

1. Sahara Station
2. Las Vegas Hilton Station
3. Las Vegas Convention Center Station
4. Harrah’s/Imperial Palace Station
5. Flamingo/Caesar’s Palace Station
6. Bally’s/Paris Las Vegas Station
7. MGM Grand Station

Hours

7 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday - Thursday
7 a.m. to 3 a.m. Friday - Sunday
365 days a year

Schedule

A trip from one end to the other takes about 14 minutes and delays are rare. During peak travel times the trains are about 5 or 6 minutes apart, and during slow hours trains are as much as 12 minutes apart.

Price

• One ride: $5
• Two-ride ticket: $9
• Six-ride party pack: $20 (current special)
• All-day pass: $15, but $9 on a current special

Children 5 and under are free, but no other discounts apply.

Buying tickets

You can buy tickets in advance online on the official Las Vegas Monorail website and have them mailed to you, but you can also buy them at each station. A touch-screen ticket vending machine is at each station that accepts cash and credit cards (no extra fee), and there are also ticket sellers in booths at each station between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. every day.

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