Changi Airport Skytrain

Changi Airport Skytrain
Changi Airport SkyTrain with special exterior design as part of SG50 celebrations.
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
Route map Legend 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 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.).

Changi Airport Skytrain was previously operated with Adtranz C-100s in the 90s.

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.

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
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

Interior

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
car type	Motor	Collector Shoe	car length
			mm	ft in
M	✓	✓		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 to terminal 4 from Station F, and a 4-station dual lane shuttle of about 1400 m to serve the future Terminal 4.Apart from that,by 2019,skytrain from terminal 2(station E) to terminal 3(station B)will upgrade its train from a two-cabin one to a three cabin one.Also,the single cabin train that serve Terminal 3 A's boarding gate will also have an additional cabin.^[6]

References

1. "Singapore Changi Airport I, II, III". CPG Corporation.
2. "Inter-terminal Transfer". Changi Airport.
3. "Changi International Airport". National Library Board. 2001.
4. "Milestones of Changi Airport". Changi Airport.
5. "Getting between Terminal 2 & Terminal 3".
6. "Singapore Changi Airport People Mover System" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2006. Retrieved 2013-01-13.