Crystal Mover

The Crystal Mover is a rubber-tired automated people mover (APM) system for airport and light rail applications manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Mihara, Japan. The Crystal Mover, initially based on the Japanese APM standard, is used in automated guideway transit systems in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Crystal Mover car on the Sengkang LRT line in Singapore.
Skytrain entering Terminal 2 station at Singapore Changi Airport.

Public transport

Japan

Singapore

In Singapore, Crystal Movers operate on Sengkang LRT line and the Punggol LRT line, both managed by SBS Transit Ltd. These cars have been operating since 2003 on the Sengkang LRT and on the Punggol LRT since its opening in 2005. There is a fleet of 41 cars of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810 in total for the two LRT lines.[1][2] An additional order was placed for 16 more cars (Contract 810A) with identical specifications to increase capacity on both LRT lines, and had been fully delivered as of 2016.[1]

Macau
Chrystal Mover vehicles operating on the Macau light rail system opened in 2019.

On 31 December 2010, Macau placed a MOP 4.688 billion order for Crystal Movers for the Macau Light Transit System, which started commercial operation on 10 December 2019. It was free of charge till 31 January 2020.[3]

Airport connections
AeroTrain at the Washington Dulles International Airport is a Crystal Mover system.

Crystal Movers are currently in operation in the following airports, with most applications being in the United States:

Hong Kong

Singapore

South Korea

United Arab Emirates

United States

Specifications
Logo of Crystal Mover
  • Configuration: Single-car or Double-car
  • Capacity (passengers): 105 (including 18 seats) or 210 (including 36 seats)
  • Vehicle mass (t): 14.9/vehicle
  • Vehicle dimensions (mm): 11 840 (length) × 2 690 (width) × 3 615 (height)
  • Guide system: Side guide two-axis four-wheel steering system
  • Electric system: 750 Volts Direct Current
  • Gauge (mm): Gauge, 1 850; guide rail span, 3 200
  • Maximum speed
    • Vehicle performance: 80 km/h (50 mph)
    • Operation: 70 km/h (43 mph)
  • Acceleration: 1.0 m/s² (3.6 km/h/s)
  • Deceleration
    • Maximum service: 1.0 m/s² (3.6 km/h/s)
    • Emergency: 1.3 m/s² (4.7 km/h/s)
  • Car body structure: Aluminum alloy welded structure
  • Traction motor: Three-phase induction motor, continuous rating 80 kW × 2 units
  • Propulsion control system: VVVF inverter vector control (individual control of each axis)

(with variable load control and regenerative brake)

  • Brake system: Electric command pneumatic brake with regenerative brake

(with stand-by brake and parking brake) (with variable load control and wheel slide prevention control)

See also

Competing systems:

References
  1. "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Corporation Receive Order for Design, Manufacture, Installation and Commissioning of Singapore Light Rapid Transit Capacity Expansion -- Vehicles and Electrical and Mechanical Systems for Sengkang and Punggol LRT Systems (C810A) --". 22 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. "Mitsubishi Crystal Mover". SGTrains. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  3. Mitsubishi wins LRT tender Archived 2011-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Washington Dulles International Airport Renews and Extends AeroTrain Operations and Maintenance Contract with Crystal Mover Services, Inc". 1 December 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  5. "A Look at America's Airport Automated People Mover Addiction". 27 August 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  6. C parking terminal and gates 1-59 only, gates 70-129 are served by Bombardier CX100 shuttles.
  7. "Terminal-Gate Shuttle Replacement". Orlando International Airport. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  8. "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America's "Crystal Mover" APM System Begins Operations at Tampa International Airport". 8 February 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

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