Even without honey/slime sulfur cube monorails are still possible
Apparently the sticky thing with honey and slimes dont work in Java (sulfur cube cant absorb those blocks) but you can still make it this way... with a sulfur with grass block or soul sand (good for short distances)... or you can use blue ice for longer distances (its just that blue ice since it has a lot of momentum itll bounce back if it comes in with great velocity like in short distances)