Changi Airport Skytrain
Changi Airport Skytrain | |||
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![]() Changi Airport SkyTrain with special exterior design as part of SG50 celebrations.
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Overview | |||
Type | People mover | ||
Status | Operational | ||
Locale | Singapore Changi Airport serving Singapore | ||
Stations | 7 | ||
Services | 5 | ||
Operation | |||
Opened | 1990 | ||
Owner | Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore | ||
Operator(s) | Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore | ||
Rolling stock | Adtranz C-100, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover | ||
Technical | |||
Electrification | 750 V DC Third rail | ||
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The Changi Airport Skytrain is a people mover system that connects Terminals 1, 2 and 3 at Singapore Changi Airport. Opened in 1990, it was the first auto-guided system in Asia.[1] The Changi Airport Skytrain operates from 0500 to 0230 daily and operates at 1 to 2-minute intervals.[2] Travel on the Skytrain is free and an inter-terminal journey takes about 90 seconds. All stations have platform screen doors, are air conditioned and have plasma displays indicating the arrival time of the next train.
With the opening of the Changi Airport MRT Station on 8 February 2002, the Skytrain is able to connect passengers at Terminal 1 to the MRT station entrances located at Terminals 2 and 3.[3]
Initially, the Skytrain rolling stock consisted of Adtranz C-100s, jointly built by Westinghouse and Adtranz (acquired by Bombardier). In 2002, work began on a new S$135 million Mitsubishi Crystal Mover-based system to accommodate the planned opening of Terminal 3 and the projected increase in demand as the airport expands.[4]
The previous rolling stock of Adtranz C-100 ran without a second carriage per train (as opposed to the current Mitsubishi Crystal Movers, which runs with two carriages per train), and the first two platform screen doors of each station were for emergency purposes (The C-100s stopped at the outer half of each station, with two doors on each half.).
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The third rail, formerly at the centre of the track, was moved to the side. The new system opened in March 2006 between Terminals 1 and 2 and opened the connection with Terminal 3 in November 2007 during Terminal 3's open house.
Contents
Stations
Station | Terminal | Destination Station | Service |
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A | Terminal 3 | A South | Transit |
F | Transit | ||
A South | Terminal 3 | A | Transit |
B | Terminal 3 | C | Public/Transit |
C | Terminal 1 | B | Public/Transit |
D | Terminal 1 | E | Public/Transit |
E | Terminal 2 | D | Public/Transit |
F | Terminal 2 | A | Transit |
Rolling Stock
Trains operating on the Changi Airport Skytrain is the Mitsubishi Crystal Mover manufactured by MHI.
Train Formation
The configuration of a Mitubishi Crystal Mover in revenue service is M in single car mode and M-M is dual car mode
Cars of Mitubishi Crystal Mover | ||||||||||
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car type | Motor | Collector Shoe | car length | |||||||
mm | ft in | |||||||||
M | ✓ | ✓ | 12,550 | 41 ft 2.1 in| |
Redevelopment works
In 2015, a part of the Changi Airport Skytrain system connecting Station B and E will be no longer be operating due to construction works for the upcoming Jewel Changi Airport. Passengers in the public area will have to use the link bridge above Changi Airport MRT, and the skytrain operating between Station A and F in the transit area. [5]
Future expansion
Plans are in place for future expansions of the system. These would include a 2-station single lane shuttle of about 500 m in length serving the southern of Terminal 2 from Station F, and a 4-station dual lane shuttle of about 1400 m to serve the future Terminal 4.[6]
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