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SkyWay String Transport
SkyWay String Transport is an overpass-type transport system, in which passengers and cargo move along a special string-rail track structure. The author of the transport system is the engineer and inventor Anatoli Yunitski.

History of creation
The first testing ground of string-rail transport was built in the town of Ozyory, Moscow Region in 2001.

The first experimental section of the rail-string route was a full-scale fragment of a string transportation system 150 m long with a height of supports from 0.5 to 15 m, a span length of 12, 24, 36 and 48 m, a route gradient of 1:10 and a mass of moving load up to 15 tons.

ZIL-131 truck was used as a test module converted into a laboratory complex with the wheels specially adapted for the track structure.

In 2015, on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, the construction of the second string test site called EcoTechnoPark was started on a plot of 35 hectares near the town of Maryina Gorka, Minsk Region. The purpose of the construction was to demonstrate and test new generations of transport and infrastructure complexes, as well as the development of agro-ecotechnology. The company SkyWay Technologies Co. has become the project organization for the construction of the test site, as well as the developer of the rolling stock.

Testing and certification of rolling stock
The first running tests of rolling stock on the territory of EcoTechnoPark took place in late November 2016. The first tested vehicle was a double-seat transport module - unibike U4-621.

In April 2017, test runs of the 14-passenger transport module - passenger unibus U4-210 -took place.

In December 2017, SkyWay Technologies Co. received certificates confirming the technical features of the rolling stock of the string transport and its parts. Certificates were issued for unibus model U4-210 and unibike model U4-621. Since the string transport is not distinguished as a separate mode of transport, certification was carried out in accordance with the requirements of regulatory documents on certifying urban electric transport, its spare parts and equipment.

Expert examination by MIIT
In 2008, the Russian University of Transport (MIIT) issued a conclusion on the technical inefficiency of the string transport system. In the future, the leadership of the university has revised the conclusion and in December 2017 an agreement on comprehensive cooperation was concluded between the MIIT Rector Boris Lyovin and the General Designer of SkyWay Technologies Co. Anatoli Yunitski.

International projects
Representatives of India, Indonesia, Australia and the United Arab Emirates declared their intention to implement transport and infrastructure projects based on SkyWay technology.