Shanghai Pudong International Airport Rapid Transit Project is a 7.8 km-long metro system with double shuttle lines connecting 4 terminals Terminal 1 (T1) & Satellite 1 (S1) and Terminal 2 (T2) & Satellite 2 (S2) of Pudong International Airport. This metro system has 4 stations: T1, T2 and the future satellite terminals S1 and S2. Built by the Chinese manufacturer CRRC, the metro trainsets are 94 metres long. The service headway at peak hours will be 4 minutes, 5 minutes during off-peak hours and 10 minutes during the night and maintenance time. The system runs 24h/day, 7d/week and the system is estimated to carry 250,000 passengers daily.
Shanghai Keolis will be in charge of the preparation work and the operation & maintenance work for a total period of 20 years.
The 43 new train drivers of Pudong Airport MRT Line has been recruited and has started an eight-month qualification training at Shentong Group Training Center since June 5, 2018. On July 12th, the training center operation training department organized all the trainees to visit Shanghai Alstom Transportation Equipment Co., Ltd.
Pudong Airport MRT line has entered the equipment installation and test phase. The communication & signal technical cabinets have been gradually installed. The electromechanical equipment installation and interior decoration are in progress. It is expected that the whole line will be powered on in August 2018, the system tests and T&C will be conducted from September to November.
On July 11th to 12th，2019，the initial operation and basic conditions expertise meeting of Passenger Rapid Transit System of Shanghai Pudong International Airport was held successfully. After exchanging with the staff of construction, operation and design, and reviewed civil engineering drawings, operational regulations, operational personnel organization, passenger service organization, maintenance management system, emergency plan and other documents, all specialists agreed that the basic conditions of the city standards for the initial operation were met.
