Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810A

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810A
Interior Design of C810A
In service	5 April 2016 - Present
Manufacturer	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Built at	Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan
Family name	Crystal Mover
Constructed	2012 - 2016
Entered service	2016
Number built	16 vehicles (16 train sets)
Number in service	16 vehicles (16 train sets)
Formation	1 per trainset M
Fleet numbers	42–57
Capacity	14 seated; 91 standing
Operator(s)	SBS Transit
Depot(s)	Sengkang Depot
Line(s) served	Sengkang LRT Line Punggol LRT Line
Specifications
Car body construction	Aluminum-alloy weighed
Car length	11.84 m (38 ft 10 ^1⁄8 in)
Width	2.69 m (8 ft 9 ^7⁄8 in)
Height	3.615 m (11 ft 10 ^3⁄8 in)
Doors	4 per car
Maximum speed	80 km/h (50 mph) (design) 70 km/h (43 mph) (service)
Weight	14,900 kg (32,800 lb) per car
Traction system	Mitsubishi IGBT-VVVF inverter vector control
Traction motors	Three-phase AC induction motor 80 kW (110 hp)
Power output	160 kW (210 hp)
Acceleration	1.0 m/s^2 (3.3 ft/s^2)
Deceleration	1.0 m/s (3.3 ft/s) (service) 1.3 m/s^2 (4.3 ft/s^2) (emergency)
Electric system(s)	750 V DC third rail
Braking system(s)	Electric command pneumatic brake with regenerative brake with stand-by brake, parking brake (with variable load control and wheel slide prevention control)
Safety system(s)	ATC, ATP and ATO
Coupling system	Bergische Stahl Industrie
Track gauge	Side-mounted guideway with rubber tyres

The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810A is an Automated People Mover which will be serving on Sengkang LRT Line and Punggol LRT Line as the second generation train after their previous counterparts Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810. Two train sets commenced revenue service on 5 April 2016, with Set 43 and 44 running on the East and West Loop of the Sengkang LRT Line respectively. Since then, the rest of the fleet progressively went in to service.

Train design

There is little difference between its older counterpart, the C810. However, its headlights are vertical and luminously white instead of yellow installed on its predecessor. Its train number is underlined.^[1]

Its interior design, however, shows a little difference compared to its older counterparts.

• LCD screen font is smaller and shows green messages (e.g.: Welcome to SBS Transit) instead of yellow-green in its older counterparts.
• Handgrips have standardized color in red-purple, rather than lavender and red-purple on the handgrips in the C810.

During two car operations, passengers cannot walk-through the other carriage as there is no gangway in between. The only way is to alight from one car and board the other.

Train formation

The trains of C810A has:

Car of C810A
car type	Motor	Collector Shoe	car length
			mm	ft in
M	✓	✓		41 ft 11.9 in

The train numbers were being given by SBS Transit which ranges from 42 to 57, the following from C810 trains. The serial numbers given are underlined, indicating they have the new signalling system.

Free replacement of Bogie frames

On 9 September 2016, the Land Transport Authority and SBS Transit has made a joint statement that hairline cracks surfaced on 11 of the 41 older C810 trains which prompted the authorities to have bogie frame structure for all 57 train car running in the Sengkang LRT Line and Punggol LRT Line to be replaced once the manufacturer has redesigned and strengthened its bogie frames.^[2]

In the joint statement, they have said that the manufacturer will bear the full cost for the replacement.^[2]

References

1. http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/new-lrt-trains-to-undergo-tests
2. Hairline cracks found on 11 Sengkang-Punggol LRT trains - Straits Times, 3:41pm