Manufacturer Hitachi Constructed 2005-2009 Number built 14 (7 train sets) | Entered service 2007 | |
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In service 15 January 2007 - present | ||
The Hitachi small-type monorail is a straddle-type monorail built by Hitachi Ltd. for the use on the Sentosa Express. These trains are part of Hitachi line of ALWEG based monorail. The trains were part of a project to replace Sentosa's previous aging monorail system. The trains are fully air-conditioned.
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Exterior design
Each train consists has an individual colour scheme - green, orange, blue, purple, pink and red. All train are for passenger service, except for the yellow train, which is the maintenance train.
The straddle-type small monorail is small in size but able to navigate through tight turns.
Interior design
Operations and safety systems
Operated by drivers and guided with Automatic Train Protection to ensure trains keep a safe distance between each other and Automatic Train Supervisory to provide the route setting for the train to travel, trains cruise at 15 to 50 km/h (9.3 to 31.1 mph) but is designed to speed up to 80 km/h (50 mph).
Train formation
The configuration of the Hitachi small-type monorail in revenue service is Mc1-Tc2