Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810B

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810B
Manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Built at Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan
Family name Crystal Mover
Replaced Crystal Mover C810 (unmodified sets)
Constructed2024 – 2027
Number built34 vehicles
FormationSingle vehicles (M) that can be coupled to form 2-car trains
Fleet numbers58 – 91
Capacity14 seated; 91 standing
Operator(s) SBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Depot(s) Sengkang
Line(s) served  SKLRT   Sengkang LRT line
  PGLRT   Punggol LRT line
Specifications
Car body construction Aluminum-alloy weighed
Car length11.84 m (38 ft 10+18 in)
Width2.69 m (8 ft 9+78 in)
Height3.615 m (11 ft 10+38 in)
Doors2 × 2 per car
Maximum speed80 km/h (50 mph) (design)
70 km/h (43 mph) (service)
Weight14,900 kg (32,800 lb) per car
Traction system Mitsubishi IGBTVVVF inverter vector control
Traction motors 2 × 80 kW (110 hp) 3-phase AC induction motor
Power output160 kW (210 hp)
Acceleration 1 m/s2 (3.3 ft/s2)
Deceleration 1 m/s2 (3.3 ft/s2) (service)
1.3 m/s2 (4.3 ft/s2) (emergency)
Electric system(s) 750 V DC   third rail
AAR wheel arrangement A-A
Braking system(s) Electric command pneumatic brake with regenerative brake with stand-by brake, parking brake (with variable load control and wheel slide prevention control)
Safety system(s)Kyosan APM fixed block ATC under ATO GoA 4 (UTO), with subsystems of ATP, ATS and CBI [1]
Coupling system Faiveley
Multiple working Within type
Track gauge 1,850 mm (6 ft 2732 in)
Guideway span: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)

The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810B is an automated people mover vehicle which serves the Sengkang LRT line and Punggol LRT line as the third generation train after their previous counterparts Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810A.

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Overview

On 5 February 2021, the Land Transport Authority announced that it has purchased 17 two-car trains for the Sengkang and Punggol LRT systems. The new trains will be delivered progressively from 2024 to 2027. In addition to new trains, the Sengkang Depot will also be expanded to 11.1 ha from the existing 3.5 ha to ensure that is capacity and maintenance space for the new trains. The expansion of the depot will also see two new reception tracks being built to shorten the train launching time. To ensure there is enough electricity to support the larger fleet of trains, 3 new power stations will be built, increasing the total number of power stations supporting the system to 8 once completed. [2]

Train formation

The configuration of a C810B in revenue service is just the one car. With both the motors and the third rail current collectors, the train cars can be coupled up to 2 cars during service.

The car numbers of the trains range from 58 to 91. Individual cars are assigned a two-digit serial number by the rail operator SBS Transit. A trainset consists of one motor car, e.g. set 58 is car 58. Both digits identify the car number.

The serial numbers given are underlined, indicating they have the new signalling system.

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References

  1. "Kyosan Corporate Report 2018". p. 19 to 20. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. "Sengkang-Punggol LRT to get 17 new two-car trains to boost capacity". CNA. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.