Changi Airport Skytrain

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Changi Airport Skytrain
Mitsubishi Crystal Mover on the SkyTrain system.
Info
Type	People mover
Status	Operational
Locale	Singapore Changi Airport serving Singapore
No. of stations	7
Service routes	5
Operation
Opened	1990
Owner	Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
Operator(s)	Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
Rolling stock	Mitsubishi Crystal Movers
Technical
Electrification	Third rail
Line map Station C Station D Station B Station E Station A Station F Station A South

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 Bombardier CX-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 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.

[edit] Stations

Station	Terminal	Destination Station	Service
A	Terminal 3	A South	Transit
		F	Transit
A South	Terminal 3	A	Transit
B	Terminal 3	C	Public/Transit
		E	Public/Transit
C	Terminal 1	B	Public/Transit
D	Terminal 1	E	Public/Transit
E	Terminal 2	B	Public/Transit
		D	Public/Transit
F	Terminal 2	A	Transit

[edit] 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 southside of Terminal 2 from Station F, and a 4-station dual lane shuttle of about 1400 m to serve a future Terminal 4.^[5]

[edit] References

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