Bombardier Innovia APM 100 C801A


Bombardier Innovia APM 100 C801A is the second generation of an automated people mover train built by Bombardier Transportation for the Bukit Panjang LRT line. These trains are mainly for airport connections and light rail in towns and it is operated by Automatic Train Control, making it fully automatic and driverless. The use of rubber tyres and ceramic tracks are extremely quiet compared to conventional rail.
This additional batch of trains will increase the capacity of the Bukit Panjang LRT line by 50% by 2014. As of 4 September 2015, all train cars are officially on revenue service.

Overview

To prevent overcrowding on the Bukit Panjang LRT line, 13 new trains was purchased, thus increasing the fleet capacity by 50%. The first car was delivered on 15 June 2014 bearing the no. 120. It started service on 19 November 2014 and by 4 September 2015, all 13 train cars were on service. However, 2 train cars, as of March 2019, have been sent back to Canada for retrofitting works of new signalling equipment. The rest of 11 train cars will have theirs done locally once the retrofit is completed for the 2 train cars.

Exterior design

The C801A trains are similar to the C801 trains in terms of propulsion motor sound. The obvious difference comes from the aerodynamic design from the newer batch of trains.
The C801A trains are similar to the C801 trains in terms of interior looks.
The configuration of a C801A in revenue service is M.
The train cars can be coupled up to 2 cars during service.
The car numbers of the trains range from 120 to 132. Individual cars are assigned a three-digit serial number by the rail operator SMRT Trains. A trainset consists of one motor car.
For example, set 120 is car 120.