This is a list of well-known automated transit networks suppliers.
Currently, five advanced transit networks (ATN) systems are operational, and several more are in the planning stage.[1]
System | Manufacturer | Type | Locations | Guideway | Stations / vehicles | Notes |
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Morgantown PRT | Boeing | PRT |
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13.2 km (8.2 mi)[3] | 5[3] / 73[2] | Up to 20 passengers per vehicle, some rides not point-to-point during low usage periods[2] |
ParkShuttle | 2getthere | GRT | 1.8 km (1.1 mi) | 5 | 2nd generation GRT (Group Rapid Transit) vehicles accommodate up to 24 passengers (12 seated). The vehicles operate on-schedule during peak hours, at a 2.5 minute interval, and can operate on demand during off-peak hours. The system is operated by the public transit operator ConneXXion, who secured the operations for another 5 years in December 2011. | |
CyberCab | 2getthere[4] | PRT |
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1.5 km (0.9 mi) | 2 passenger, 3 freight / 10 passenger, 3 freight [5] | Initial plans called for automobiles to be banned, with PRT as the only powered intra-city transport[6] (along with an inter-city light rail line[7]) In October 2010 it was announced the PRT would not expand beyond the pilot scheme due the cost of creating the undercroft to segregate the system from pedestrian traffic.[8][9] Plans now include electric cars and electric buses.[10] In June 2013 a representative of the builder 2getthere said the freight vehicles had still not been put into service because they had not worked out how to get freight to and from the stations.[11] |
ULTra PRT | ULTra / ULTra-Fairwood | PRT |
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3.8 km (2.4 mi)[12] | 3 / 21[13] | The Heathrow PRT system became operational in 2011, connecting Terminal 5 with a long-term car park.[14] In May 2014 BAA said in a draft 5-year plan that it would extend the system throughout the airport but this was dropped from the final plan.
In July 2015 ULTra-Fairwood, a joint venture with Indian firm Fairwood, announced they had signed a contract for construction of a 76 kilometres (47 mi), 115 station, 1,745 vehicle system in Ajman in the UAE. The system will have separate and overlapping networks for six passenger PRT vehicles and thirty passenger Group Rapid Transit vehicles. Phase 1 is due to be completed in 2020 and Phase 2 in 2023. |
Vectus[15] | Vectus | PRT | 4.64 km (2.9 mi)[16] | 2 / 40[15] | Connects the site of 2013 Suncheon Garden Expo Korea to a station in the wetlands “Buffer Area” next to the Suncheon Literature Museum;[17] the line runs parallel to the Suncheon-dong Stream.[18] Stations are "on-line." | |
RP | RP | PRT |
|
7.1 km (4.4 mi)[19] | 92 / 100[15] | |
RP | RP | PRT |
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12.4 km (7.7 mi)[20] | 129 / 150[15] | |
RP | RP | PRT |
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23.5 km (14.6 mi)[21] | 367 / 500[15] | |
RP | RP | PRT |
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20.5 km (12.7 mi)[22] | 225 / 400[15] | |
RP | RP | PRT |
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14.6 km (9.1 mi)[23] | 195 / 200[15] | |
RP | RP | PRT |
|
1.5 km (0.9 mi)[24] | 23 / 50[15] | |
RP | RP | PRT |
|
1.8 km (1.1 mi)[25] | 20 / 50[15] | |
RP | RP | PRT |
|
20.0 km (12.4 mi)[26] | 224 / 300[15] | |
RP | RP | PRT |
|
11.5 km (7.1 mi)[27] | 182 / 250[15] | |
RP | RP | PRT |
|
3.4 km (2.1 mi)[28] | 50 / 110[15] | |
RP | RP | GRT |
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57.5 km (35.7 mi)[29] | 235 / 400[15] |
The following table summarizes several well-known automated transit networks (ATN) suppliers as of 2016.[30]
Location | Supplier | Active? | Status | Seating capacity (per vehicle) |
Guideway | Suspended/ supported |
Propulsion |
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United States | Boeing (Morgantown PRT)[*] | Yes | Revenue service | 8 seated + 12 standing | concrete | supported | rotary motors |
United Kingdom | ULTra | Yes | Revenue service | 4 | concrete | supported, rubber wheeled | rotary motors |
Netherlands | 2getthere | Yes | Revenue service | 4-6 | concrete | supported, rubber wheeled | rotary motors |
South Korea | Vectus[*] (TDi WGH) | Yes | Revenue service | 4 | steel | supported | track mounted linear motors (prototype), rotary motors (S. Korea) |
Mexico | Modutram | Yes | Full test track | 6 | steel | supported, rubber wheeled | hybrid electric[31] |
France | Navya | Yes | Full prototype (uses roadway) | 10 | roadway | supported, rubber wheeled | electric motors |
Germany | Cabinentaxi[32] | Yes | Full test track (dismantled) | 3,12,18 | steel | both, solid rubber wheels | linear motors |
South Africa | Fultran | Yes | Test track | ? | steel | supported | rotary motors |
United States | Taxi 2000 | Yes | Mockups or scale models | 3 | steel | supported | linear motors |
Poland | EcoMobility [33] | Yes | Mockups or scale models | ? | ? | supported | linear motors |
Sweden | Skycab | Yes | Mockups or scale models | 4 | ? | supported, rubber wheels | electric motors |
United States | Cybertran | Yes | Mockups or scale models | 6 - 32 [34] | steel wheels on steel rails | supported | rotary motors |
United States | ROAM | Yes | Mockups | 4 | stainless steel | supported, rubber wheels | electric motors |
China | Tubenet Transit System | Yes | Mockups or scale models | 2+child | steel (enclosed transparent tube) | supported | ? |
United States | LEVX | Yes | Test track being constructed near Port Angeles, Washington | ? | ? | supported, magnetic levitation | linear motors |
New Zealand | Shweeb | Yes | Leisure installation | 1 | steel | suspended | Human power, bicycle |
United States | Skyride | Yes | Leisure installation [1] | 1 | steel | suspended | human powered and/or rotary motors |
United States | ecoPRT | Yes | Mockups | 2 | steel | supported, rubber wheeled | rotary motors |
United States | Spartan Superway[*] | Yes | Mockups | ? | steel | suspended | ? |
India | AutoBOTS | Yes | analyzed and stimulated | 2 | steel | supported | ? |
Portugal | MoveMile | No | GRT at hospital in revenue service[35] | 4 | roadway | supported / rubber | rotary motors |
Austria | Coaster | No | Full test track | ? | steel | supported | ? |
Japan | CVS | No | Full prototype | 4 | concrete | supported, rubber wheels | rotary motors |
France | Aramis | No | Full prototype | 4 / 10 | concrete | supported, rubber wheels | rotary motors |
United States | PRT2000 (Raytheon)[36] | No | Full prototype | 4 | steel | supported | rotary motors |
Australia | Austrans[37] | No | Full prototype | 9 | steel, steel wheels | supported | rotary motors |
United States | Monocab/ROMAG | No | Full prototype, displayed at Transpo '72 | 40 | concrete | both, rubber wheels (Monocab), maglev (ROMAG) | rotary motor (Monocab), linear motor (ROMAG) |
United States | Uniflo[38] | No | Full prototype | ? | ? | supported / air cushion | pneumatic mounted in guideway |
United States | Mitchell Transit Systems[39] | No | scale test tracks with 1 pax vehicle[40] | 2 | steel | suspended and supported designs, rubber wheels[41] | rotary motors mounted in guideway |
United States | Tri-Track | Yes | analyzed and stimulated (dual mode)[*] | 4 | concrete/aluminium[42] | supported | linear motor/rotary motor. track assistance for acceleration |
United States | Skytran | Yes | analyzed and stimulated, mockup | 2 | steel | suspended, magnetic levitation | linear motors |
United States | PRT International (ITNS) | Yes | analyzed and stimulated | ? | ? | supported | linear motors |
Sweden | GTS Foundation | Yes | analyzed and stimulated | ? | ? | suspended | magnetic motors |
Sweden | Beamways | Yes | analyzed and stimulated | 4 | steel | suspended, steel wheels for support, rubber wheel for traction | rotary motors |
Poland | Metrino PRT (MISTER) | Yes | Partial prototype | 5 | steel | suspended | rotary motors |
United States | JPods | Yes | Partial prototype | 1-6 | steel | suspended | rotary motors |
United States | GlidewayPRT | Yes | Concept with patents | ? | steel | supported or suspended | ? |
United States | Transit X | Yes | Concept | 4-5 | ? | suspended | rotary motors |
New Zealand | Skycabs[43] | Yes | Concept | 8 seated + 8 standing | ? | supported | ? |
Finland | BM Design | Yes | Concept | 2-3 | steel round pipe | supported | rotary motors + track assistance on climbs |
United States | Interstate Traveller | Yes | Concept | ? | ? | supported, magnetic levitation | ? |
Sweden | Flyway | Yes | Concept | 1-30 | ? | suspended, rubber wheels | electric motors |
Denmark | RUF | Yes | Concept (dual mode)[*] | ? | ? | supported | ? |
Canada | Lofty Taxi | Yes | Concept | 2,4 | steel | both, steel wheeled | linear motors |
Switzerland | Intamin | Not in ATN | Concept | ? | supported | ? | ? |
Finland | Finland Techvilla[44][45] | ? | Concept | 4 | ? (enclosed transparent tube) | supported, rubber wheeled | rotary motors |
Russia | Flexitaxi[46][47] | ? | Concept | ? | ? (enclosed transparent tube) | supported | pneumatic (vehicle in tube) or electromagnetic[48] |
United States | Acroscape[49] | ? | Concept | 1 & 2 pre-school children | ? | supported | electric motors |
United States | Pathfinder Systems[50][51] | No | Concept / Mockup | 4-5 | steel, steel or concrete supports | suspended | rotary motors, battery powered |
Norway | InnoTrans SporTaxi[52] | No[*] | Concept | ? | steel | supported, rubber wheels | rotary motors or linear motors |
Germany | PORT: Personal Overhead Rapid Transit[53] | ? | Concept | 4 | ? | suspended | ? |