Hitachi small-type monorail (Sentosa Express)

what is it?

The Hitachi small-type monorail is a straddle-type monorail built by Hitachi Rail for the use on the Sentosa Express. These trains are part of Hitachi Monorail line of ALWEG-based monorail. The trains were part of a project to replace Sentosa's previous aging monorail system.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 80 km/htop speed
• seats 152passengers
• built 14made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 19 years ago, in 2007.
• 📏25 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 152: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built

2007

in service from

2007

status

in service

number built

14

kind

Straddle-beam guideway

traction

electric

origin

🇸🇬 Singapore

builders

Hitachi, Hitachi Rail

operators

SMRT Corporation, Sentosa Development Corporation

top speed

80 km/h

power

—

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′+2′2′

formation

2 cars per trainset, Mc1–Tc2

length

25 m

capacity

152 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.