Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810A

The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810A is an automated people mover vehicle which serves the 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 entered service.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810A
A C810A train, January 2020
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	5 April 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 Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Depot(s)	Sengkang
Line(s) served	SKLRT  Sengkang LRT line  PGLRT  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)	Kyosan APM fixed block ATC with subsystems of ATO GOA 4 (UTO), ATP, ATS, CBI[1]
Coupling system	Bergische Stahl Industrie
Track gauge	Side-mounted guideway with rubber tyres

Train design

There is little difference between its older counterpart, the C810. However, its headlights are vertical instead of horizontal and luminously white instead of yellow installed on its predecessor. Its train number is underlined.[2]

Its interior design bear little difference compared to its older counterparts, one being that the LCD screen font is smaller and shows green messages (e.g.: Welcome to SBS Transit) instead of yellow-green in its older counterparts.

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 configuration of a C810A in revenue service is M

Car of C810A
car type	Motor	Collector Shoe	car length
			mm	ft in
M	✓	✓		38 ft 10.1 in

The train cars can be coupled up to 2 cars during service.

The car numbers of the trains range from 42 to 57. Individual cars are assigned a two-digit serial number by the rail operator SBS Transit. A trainset consists of one motor car. For example, set 42 is car 42.

• The first and second digit identifies the car number.
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries built sets 42–57.

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.[3]

In the joint statement, they have said that the manufacturer will bear the full cost for the replacement.[3]

References

1. "Kyosan Corporate Report 2018". p. 19 to 20. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
2. http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/new-lrt-trains-to-undergo-tests
3. Hairline cracks found on 11 Sengkang-Punggol LRT trains - Straits Times, 3:41pm

External links

• Mitsubishi Crystal Mover C810A - SGTrains
• Mitsubishi Crystal Mover C810A - Land Transport Guru
• Mitsubishi Crystal Mover C810A - sgWiki