SINGAPORE PIONEERS AIR-CONDITIONING INNOVATIONS

Providing a satisfactory environment for equipment and passengers on a rapid transit system is a major problem for planners. Assuring comfort on cars each containing hundreds of passengers is not an easy task. In every case the tunnels, stations and cars have to be evaluated as a unified system. Singapore's rapid transit system will have air conditioned stations but only ventilated tunnels; platform screens will be installed at each state with power doors matching those on the trains. Cars will be air conditioned with special attention given to reducing power demand. The car's air suspension system is used to measure passenger loading with signals then used to modulate the air conditioning system. Thermal management such as that used at Singapore shows that attention given to system design can, at small added capital cost, produce considerable savings in operating costs with no sacrifice of passenger comfort.

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• Authors:
  • GRAHAM, G W
• Publication Date: 1985-4

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 274-276
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 141
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air conditioning systems; Energy conservation; Passenger comfort; Rail transit stations; Rapid transit; Rapid transit cars
• Geographic Terms: Singapore
• Old TRIS Terms: Platform screens
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00396453
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1985 12:00AM