Linear motors:
Because of these properties, linear motors are often used in maglev propulsion, as in the Japanese Linimo magnetic levitation train line near Nagoya. However, linear motors have been used independently of magnetic levitation, as in Bombardier's Advanced Rapid Transit systems worldwide and a number of modern Japanese subways, including Tokyo's Toei Oedo Line.
* Bombardier ART:
o Airport Express in Beijing (opened 2008)
o AirTrain JFK in New York (opened 2003)
o Detroit People Mover in Detroit (opened 1987)
o EverLine Rapid Transit System in Yongin (under construction)
o Kelana Jaya Line in Kuala Lumpur (opened 1998)
o Scarborough RT in Toronto (using UTDC's (predecessor) ICTS technology - opened 1985)
o SkyTrain in Vancouver (Expo Line (using ITCS) opened 1985 and Millennium Line opened in 2002)
o Beijing Subway Capital Airport Track (opened 2008)
* Several subways in Japan and China, built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries:
o Limtrain in Saitama (short-lived demonstration track, 1988)
o Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line in Osaka (opened 1990)
o Toei Ōedo Line in Tokyo (opened 2000)
o Kaigan Line in Kobe (opened 2001)
o Nanakuma Line in Fukuoka (opened 2005)
o Imazatosuji Line in Osaka (opened 2006)
o Green Line in Yokohama (opened 2008)
o Tōzai Line in Sendai (under construction)
o Line 4 of Guangzhou Metro in Guangzhou, China (opened 2005).<5>
o Line 5 of Guangzhou Metro in Guangzhou, China (open in December 2009).
o Line 6 of Guangzhou Metro in Guangzhou, China (under construction).
Monorail:
There is at least one known monorail system which is not magnetically levitated, but nonetheless uses linear motors. This is the Moscow Monorail.
Magnetic levitation
* High-speed trains:
o Transrapid: first commercial use in Shanghai (opened in 2004)
o JR-Maglev
* Rapid transit:
o Birmingham Airport, UK (opened 1984, closed 1995)
o M-Bahn in Berlin, Germany (opened in 1989, closed in 1991)
o Daejeon EXPO, Korea (ran only 1993) <9>
o HSST: Linimo line in Aichi, Japan (opened 2005)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_motor