Bombardier CX-100

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A Bombardier CX-100 train on the Bukit Panjang LRT.

CX-100 operating on AeroTrain (KLIA), Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia.

Bombardier CX-100 is a automated people mover (APM) rolling stock first developed by Adtranz (now Bombardier Transportation), intended mainly for airport connections and light rail in towns. They are operated by Automatic Train Control (ATC), making it fully automatic and driverless.

1 Airport connections
2 Bukit Panjang LRT
3 Technical Specifications
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Airport connections

A popular rolling stock for intra-terminal connection in large airports, it operates in a number of airports:

Current:

Former:

Changi Airport Skytrain, Singapore

[edit] Bukit Panjang LRT

Main article: Bukit Panjang LRT Line

Interior of the CX-100 car on the Bukit Panjang LRT.

The CX-100 began operations on the Light Rapid Transit for the Bukit Panjang LRT Line in 1999. These cars are similar to the ones formerly used at Singapore Changi Airport’s Skytrain system in the early 1990s, jointly built by Westinghouse and Adtranz (acquired by Bombardier). Most of the new features available in newer MRT train cars are found here as well.

Instead of metal wheels on metal tracks, rubber-tired wheels on a concrete track are used making it very quiet. Also, the windows mist within 6 meters of (mostly) HDB apartment blocks ensuring residents’ privacy. 19 individual cars (which can be coupled in pairs if necessary during peak hours) were purchased.

The line suffered numerous technical problems in its initial years, and subsequent light rail lines in Singapore used Mitsubishi Crystal Mover instead.