Crystal Mover Explained

The Crystal Mover is a rubber-tired automated people mover (APM) system for airport and urban rail transit applications manufactured at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Mihara Machinery Works[1] in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The Crystal Mover, initially based on the Japanese APM standard, is used in automated guideway transit (AGT) systems in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Since 2010s MHI has been building and delivering a new family of AGT systems branded Urbanismo as the successor to the Crystal Mover. The Urbanismo family consists of a higher-speed model called "Urbanismo Super AGT" with a top speed of 120 km/h and three customizable models called "Urbanismo-22", "Urbanismo-18", and "Urbanismo-16" with a gross weight of over 22, 18, and 16 tonnes, respectively.[2]

Urban rail systems

Japan

See also: List of urban rail systems in Japan. Between 2014 and 2016, Yurikamome, Inc., which operates the Yurikamome line in Tokyo, purchased a fleet of 18 six-car 7300 series trainsets based on the Urbanismo-18 class[3] to replace all of the 18 six-car 7000 series trainsets.[4] [5] Between June 2018 and June 2020, MHI also delivered 8 six-car 7500 series (upgraded version of 7300 series) trainsets to replace the fleet of 7200 series trainsets.[6]

Saitama New Urban Transit Co., Ltd., which operates the New Shuttle in Saitama Prefecture, purchased a fleet of 5 six-car 2020 series trainsets based on the Urbanismo-16 class to replace the fleet of 3 six-car 1010 series trainsets and 2 six-car 1050 series trainsets from 2015 to 2020.[7] [8] [9]

In Hiroshima, Hiroshima Rapid Transit purchased 24 six-car 7000 series trainsets based on the Urbanismo class to replace the existing fleet of 23 six-car 6000 series trainsets and 1 six-car 1000 series trainset running on the Astram Line. The 7000 series entered service on 26 March 2020.[10]

The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation purchased a fleet of 12 five-car 330 series trainsets, which are similar in design to the Yurikamome 7300 series trainsets, to replace the fleet of 300 series trainsets running on the Nippori-Toneri Liner from fiscal 2022 to 2024.[11] [12]

Singapore

In Singapore, Crystal Movers operate on the Sengkang LRT line and the Punggol LRT line, both managed by SBS Transit Ltd. These cars have been operating since 2003 on the Sengkang LRT and on the Punggol LRT since its opening in 2005. There is a fleet of 41 cars of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810 in total for the two LRT lines.[13] [14] An additional order was placed for 16 more cars (Contract 810A) with identical specifications to increase capacity on both LRT lines, and had been fully delivered as of 2016.

Macau

On 31 December 2010, Macau placed a MOP 4.688 billion order for Urbanismo-22 vehicles nicknamed "Ocean Cruiser" for the Macau Light Transit System, which started commercial operation on 10 December 2019. It was free of charge until 31 January 2020.[15]

Airport connections

Crystal Movers are currently in operation in the following airports, with most applications being in the United States:[16]

Hong Kong

Singapore

South Korea

United Arab Emirates

United States

Specifications

See also

Competing systems:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Global Website Mihara Machinery Works . 2023-05-13 . Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. . en.
  2. Web site: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Global Website Transportation . 2023-05-07 . Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. . en.
  3. Web site: 2019-12-30 . マカオに登場｢ゆりかもめの兄弟｣新交通の実力 . 2023-05-07 . 東洋経済オンライン . ja.
  4. Web site: 三菱重工、ゆりかもめの新型108両を受注 . 2023-05-07 . レスポンス（Response.jp） . 11 June 2010 . ja.
  5. Web site: 三菱重工 新交通ゆりかもめ向け 全自動無人運転車両（AGT）48両を受注 . 2023-05-07 . 三菱重工 . 23 September 2016 . ja.
  6. Web site: 23 September 2016 . 新交通ゆりかもめ向け 全自動無人運転車両（AGT）48両を受注 2020年に向けて納入 . Order received for 48 AGT vehicles for Yurikamome to be delivered by 2020 . 23 September 2016 . Mitsubishi Heavy Industries . ja . Japan.
  7. http://railf.jp/news/2016/06/28/160000.html ニューシャトル2020系23編成が営業運転を開始
  8. https://railf.jp/news/2019/02/12/144500.html 三菱重工エンジニアリング,ニューシャトル2020系を追加納入
  9. http://www.new-shuttle.jp/topics/2020/02/2020525.html 2020系　第5弾目の25（にいごう）編成がデビューします
  10. Web site: 広島高速交通｜地下鉄車両ガイド｜日本地下鉄協会 . 2023-05-07 . www.jametro.or.jp.
  11. Web site: 2022-06-23 . 「日暮里・舎人ライナー」車両の更新を進めます～6月25日から運行開始～ . 2022-06-24 . 東京都交通局 . ja.
  12. https://www.mhi.com/jp/news/story/200616.html 東京都交通局から日暮里・舎人ライナーの新型車両を12編成（60両）受注 三菱重工エンジニアリング、更新で混雑緩和等に貢献へ
  13. News: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Corporation Receive Order for Design, Manufacture, Installation and Commissioning of Singapore Light Rapid Transit Capacity Expansion -- Vehicles and Electrical and Mechanical Systems for Sengkang and Punggol LRT Systems (C810A) --. 25 November 2015. 22 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052819/http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/m/news/story/1305221663.html. 4 March 2016. dead.
  14. News: Mitsubishi Crystal Mover . SGTrains . 28 September 2013.
  15. http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/20610-Mitsubishi-wins-LRT-tender.html Mitsubishi wins LRT tender
  16. Web site: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Global Website Transportation achievements . 2023-05-13 . Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. . en.
  17. Washington Dulles International Airport Renews and Extends AeroTrain Operations and Maintenance Contract with Crystal Mover Services, Inc.. 30 October 2020. 1 December 2014.
  18. Web site: A Look at America's Airport Automated People Mover Addiction. 30 October 2020. 27 August 2020.
  19. Web site: Terminal-Gate Shuttle Replacement. Orlando International Airport. 7 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170910230941/https://orlandoairports.net/getting-around-mco/construction/. 10 September 2017. dead.
  20. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America's "Crystal Mover" APM System Begins Operations at Tampa International Airport. 30 October 2020. 8 February 2018.

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