The Hitachi small-type monorail is a
straddle-type monorail built by
Hitachi Rail
() is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the parent company of the Hitachi Group (''Hitachi Gurūpu'') and had formed part of the Nissan ''zaibatsu'' and later DKB Group and Fuyo ...
for the use on the
Sentosa Express. These trains are part of
Hitachi Monorail line of
ALWEG
Alweg was a transportation company based in Germany known for pioneering straddle-beam monorails.
History
Alweg was founded by Swedish industrial magnate Dr. Axel Lennart Wenner-Gren in January 1953 as Alweg-Forschung, GmbH (Alweg Research Cor ...
-based monorail. The trains were part of a project to replace Sentosa's previous aging monorail system. The trains are fully
air-conditioned.
Design
Each train set has its own exterior colour scheme – green, orange, blue, purple, pink, yellow and red. All trains are for passenger service, except for the maintenance train.
The interior of the trains consist of colours green and orange. These cars have
foldable seats that can make room for more standing space during periods of high usage. Passenger Information Display Systems in the form of
LED Displays
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron holes, releasing energy in the form of photons. The color of the light (cor ...
are installed above each door in all passenger service trains to supply route information. Each car has two wheelchair bays.
Operations and safety systems
Trains and platform screen doors were previously manually operated by train attendants; the trains utilised digital
automatic train protection
Automatic train protection (ATP) is a type of train protection system which continually checks that the speed of a train is compatible with the permitted speed allowed by signalling, including automatic stop at certain signal aspects. If it is ...
(ATP) to ensure trains keep a safe distance between each other and automatic train supervision (ATS) to provide the route setting for the train to travel.
With the upgrading to the wireless
communications-based train control (CBTC) system in 2017, trains and platform screen doors are now operated automatically.
Trains cruise at but is designed to speed up to .
Refurbishment and upgrades
The Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) has been changed to a newer updated
LED Displays
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron holes, releasing energy in the form of photons. The color of the light (cor ...
with route information.
A signalling system upgrade was also upgraded to Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC). With the change in Signalling System, it allowed more trains to run on the network.
See also
*
Hitachi Monorail
*
Sentosa island
*
Rail transport in Singapore
*
Sentosa Monorail
The Sentosa Monorail was a monorail system which served as the main means of transportation on the island of Sentosa in Singapore, and has been replaced by the new monorail system, the Sentosa Express. The system was constructed at a cost of S ...
– a dismantled monorail system that used to ferry visitors around Sentosa from 1982 to 2005
References
External links
Hitachi wins contract to develop "SENTOSA EXPRESS" for Sentosa Development Corporation— (press release)
Fact sheet for Sentosa Express
{{commons category, Sentosa Express rolling stock
Alweg people movers
Railway lines opened in 2007
2007 establishments in Singapore
Bukit Merah
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