CHINA: A 2·6 km automated peoplemover has been opened to serve a new airside satellite hall at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport.
The Innovia 300 APM was supplied by the CRRC Puzhen Bombardier Transportation Systems joint venture under a 453m yuan contract awarded by Shenzhen Airport Co in 2018. Earlier this year the supplier was given a €28m five-year contract to provide operation and maintenance services.
Propulsion equipment was supplied by Bombardier NUG Propulsion System Co, while Bombardier NUG Signalling Solutions provided the Cityflo 650 control system. The wswcars run at a maximum speed of 80 km/h, giving a journey time of approximately 3 min.
‘The start of operation of our Innovia APM at Shenzhen Airport marks another milestone for Alstom’s Chinese joint ventures’, said Jianwei Zhang, President of Alstom China. ‘The fully automated driverless technology will provide convenient transfer for arriving and departing passengers reliably and efficiently, while reducing operating personnel and operational costs.’
