Changi Airport Skytrain

what is it?

The Changi Airport Skytrain is an automated people mover system (APM, also called PMS) that connects Terminals 1, 2 and 3 at Singapore Changi Airport. Opened in 1990, it was the first driverless and automated system of its kind in South East Asia. The Changi Airport Skytrain operates from 05:00 to 02:30 daily.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 60 km/htop speed
• power 160 kWpower output
• weight 15 tin working order
• seats 107passengers
• built 22made 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 20 years ago, in 2006.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏12.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 107: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• 🧓Still in service after 20 years.

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

spec sheet

built

2006

in service from

2006

status

in service

number built

22

kind

Rubber-tyres automated people mover

traction

electric

origin

🇸🇬 Singapore

builders

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

operators

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore

top speed

60 km/h

power

160 kW

gauge

1,850 mm broad gauge

wheel arrangement

AA

formation

Single vehicles that can be coupled to form 2- or 3-car trains

length

12.6 m

weight

15 t

capacity

107 passengers

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