Alstom Metropolis C830C
| Alstom Metropolis & Shanghai Electric C830C | |
|---|---|
 Interior of C830C. | |
| In service | 26 June 2015 - Present |
| Manufacturer | Shanghai Alstom Transport (Alstom and Shanghai Electric)[1] |
| Built at | Shanghai, China |
| Family name | Metropolis |
| Constructed | 2014–2015 |
| Number built | 72 Vehicles (24 Trainsets) |
| Number in service | 72 Vehicles (24 Trainsets) |
| Formation | 3 per trainset Mc1– T–Mc2 |
| Fleet numbers | 841 ~ 864 |
| Capacity | 931 passengers |
| Operators | SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) |
| Depots | Kim Chuan |
| Lines served | Circle Line |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Welded Aluminium |
| Car length | 23.65 m (77 ft 7+1⁄8 in) (Mc) 22.8 m (74 ft 9+5⁄8 in) (T) |
| Width | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Height | 3.7 m (12 ft 1+5⁄8 in) |
| Doors | 1,450 mm (57+1⁄16 in), 8 per car |
| Maximum speed | 90 km/h (56 mph) (design) 78 km/h (48 mph) (service) |
| Traction system | IGBT–VVVF (Shanghai Alstom Electrical Equipment OPTONIX)[2] |
| Power output | 1.66 MW (2,230 hp) |
| Acceleration | 1.1 m/s2 (3.6 ft/s2) |
| Deceleration | 1.3 m/s2 (4.3 ft/s2) (Emergency) |
| Electric system(s) | 750 V DC third rail |
| Current collector(s) | Collector shoe |
| Braking system(s) | Regenerative Braking, Air Brakes |
| Safety system(s) | Alstom URBALIS 300 CBTC ATC with subsystems of ATO GOA 4 (UTO), ATP, Iconis ATS and Smartlock CBI |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
The Shanghai Alstom Metropolis C830C, together with the C751C are the third generation of communication-based train control (CBTC) rolling stock to be used in Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) lines. 24 trainsets of 3 cars were manufactured by Shanghai Alstom Transport Co Ltd (joint venture of Alstom and Shanghai Electric),[1][3] with deliveries from end June 2014.[3]
Tender
The tender for trains under the contract 830C was opened together with another contract C751C for an additional 18 North East Line trains which was closed on 18 Jul 2011 with 5 bids. The Land Transport Authority has shortlisted all of them and the tender results was published on 1 Feb 2012.[4][5]
| S/N | Name of tenderer | Amount ($S)[5] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alstom Transport S.A. – Alstom Transport (S) Pte Ltd Consortium | 134,000,000.00[6] (Base Tender 1 - Offered in mixed currencies, and hence the differences of amount shown in the tender document.[4]) |
| 2 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. / Kawasaki Heavy Industries(Singapore) Pte Ltd & CSR Qingdao Sifang Consortium | 198,321,046.16 (Base Tender 1) |
| 3 | Hyundai Rotem | 149,121,600.00 (Base Tender 1) |
| 4 | Construcciones Y Auxilliar De Ferrocarriles, S. A. | 115,576,832.68 (Base Tender 1) |
| 5 | CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd. | 121,842,307.69 (Base Tender 1) |
Design
The body shell is identical to its predecessor, the C830, with slight differences such as a larger SMRT logo up front but the interior is significantly different. The reserved seats are coloured red to distinguish them from normal seats. Navy blue and yellow coloured seats are installed in the driving motor cars (end carriages) while the seats in the middle car are khaki.[7] The train is equipped with a propulsion system that is louder than its predecessor.
Other new designs include the inner layer of the doors finished in a Bluish-Grey colour, a new Visual Passenger Information System, similar to the C951, located above the doors and a new gangway design similar to the C751C.
To spot one of them, their headlights are luminously white instead of warm yellow installed on older trains to know whether is either C830 or C830C trains.
Driverless operation
The C830C is fully driverless under normal circumstances, using CBTC which do not require traditional "fixed-block track circuits" for determining train position. Instead, they rely on "continuous two-way digital communication" between each controlled train and a wayside control center, which may control an area of a railroad line, a complete line, or a group of lines. Recent studies consistently show that CBTC systems reduce life-cycle costs for the overall rail property and enhance operational flexibility and control.[8]
Operational issues
Trainset 846 suffered from a faulty signalling hardware, resulting in intermittent signaling issues which caused widespread disruptions to the Circle MRT Line for a week in both August and November 2016.[9]
Train Formation
The configuration of a C830C in revenue service is Mc1-T-Mc2
| Cars of C830C | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| car type | Driver Cab | Motor | Collector Shoe | car length | Wheelchair Space | |||||
| mm | ft in | |||||||||
| Mc1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 23,650 | 77 ft 7.1 in | |||||
| Mc2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 23,650 | 77 ft 7.1 in | |||||
| T | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | 22,800 | 74 ft 9.6 in | |||||
The car numbers of the trains range from 841x to 864x, where x depends on the carriage type. Individual cars are assigned a 4 digit serial number by the rail operator SMRT Trains. A complete three-car trainset consists of one trailer(T) and two driving motor cars(Mc1 & Mc2) permanently coupled together. For example, set 864 consists of carriages 8641, 8642, 8643.
- The first digit is always a 8.
- The second digit and third digit identifies the set number
- The fourth digit is the car number.
- Alstom Shanghai Electric built sets 841-864
See also
References
- ^ a b "Driverless trains delivered to Singapore". Railway Gazette. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Alstom to supply 34 Metropolis trains and signaling upgrade to Singapore metro". French Chamber Singapore. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Alstom delivers the first two metros built in Asia for LTA in Singapore". 23 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ a b TENDER INFORMATION - Land Transport Authority, 1 Feb 2012
- ^ a b CONTRACT 751C & 830C - Land Transport Authority
- ^ "LTA and SMRT Award Contracts for New Trains". Land Transport Authority. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ "Alstom Metropolis C830C". SGTrains. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ^ "Urbalis control system".
- ^ Tan, Christopher (11 November 2016). "Mystery of Circle Line's signalling woes solved, train with faulty signalling hardware to blame: LTA". Straits Times. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
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