List of automated transit networks suppliers

This is a list of well-known automated transit networks suppliers.

List of operational ATN systems

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
Morgantown PRT Boeing PRT 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
  • Rivium, the Netherlands (November 2005)
 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 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
  • London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom (June 2011)
  • Ajman, United Arab Emirates (contracted)
 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
  • Suncheon, South Korea (September 2013)[15]
 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."

List of automated transit networks (ATN) suppliers

The following table summarizes several well-known automated transit networks (ATN) suppliers as of 2016.[19]

Location Supplier Active? Status Seating capacity
(per vehicle)		 Guideway Suspended/
supported		 Propulsion
 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[20]
 France Navya Yes Full prototype (uses roadway) 10 roadway supported, rubber wheeled electric motors
 Germany Cabinentaxi[21] 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 [22] 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 [23] 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 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[24] 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)[25] No Full prototype 4 steel supported rotary motors
 Australia Austrans[26] 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[27] No Full prototype ? ? supported / air cushion pneumatic mounted in guideway
 United States Mitchell Transit Systems[28] No scale test tracks with 1 pax vehicle[29] 2 steel suspended and supported designs, rubber wheels[30] rotary motors mounted in guideway
 United States Tri-Track Yes analyzed and stimulated (dual mode)[*] 4 concrete/aluminium[31] 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[32] 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[33][34] ? Concept 4 ? (enclosed transparent tube) supported, rubber wheeled rotary motors
 Russia Flexitaxi[35][36] ? Concept ? ? (enclosed transparent tube) supported pneumatic (vehicle in tube) or electromagnetic[37]
 United States Acroscape[38] ? Concept 1 & 2 pre-school children ? supported electric motors
 United States Pathfinder Systems[39][40] No Concept / Mockup 4-5 steel, steel or concrete supports suspended rotary motors, battery powered
 Norway InnoTrans SporTaxi[41] No[*] Concept ? steel supported, rubber wheels rotary motors or linear motors
 Germany PORT: Personal Overhead Rapid Transit[42] ? Concept 4 ? suspended ?

* Morgantown PRT is known as a quasi-PRT system, because it lacks some PRT features such as 100% on-demand service. Boeing is not marketing the system.

* Vectus is now part of 'Posco ICT'[43]

* CabinTaxi is not undergoing further development but a US firm holds rights to the patents and is marketing the system.

* Vehicles in "dual mode" systems can use the specialized guideway or ordinary roads.

* Spartan Superway is a non-commercial, ongoing research program staffed by multi-disciplinary students organised by the engineering department of San Jose State University. Its bogie is based on the Beamways design.

* Innotrans say they have abandoned work on the SporTaxi design and have entered a partnership with Taxi 2000.

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