A monorail leaving the Contemporary Resort on it’s way to the Magic Kingdom in July 2006. Image: Jerry Beck

The Monorail system is running again at Walt Disney World just about 24 hours after a terrible accident which killed one cast member.

It seems to me that they must have found a clear reason for the accident otherwise I cannot imagine they would have been able to open it back up so soon. I imagine we will learn more in the following days and weeks to come.

Here is the report from the Orlando Sentinel:

Walt Disney World is reopening its monorail system today — with new safety sensors added to monitor track switches, according to a note to employees this morning.

The move comes a little more than 24 hours after a predawn collision killed one monorail pilot. The collision occurred as one of the trains was being transferred off the system’s Epcot line, which ferries guests between the Magic Kingdom and Epoct, according to Disney’s note.

Disney told its employees that investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have “released” the monorail system back to the resort.

“We have completed a thorough safety inspection and system checks to verify that it is safe to operate the monorail for our guests and cast,” Disney said. “We’ve added additional verifications of these track switch positions, supplemented our safety procedures and protocols for these operations, and communicated these changes to our Transportation partners.”

A Disney spokeswoman said the resort had no immediate comment.