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==List of operational automated transit networks (ATN) systems== Currently, five advanced transit networks (ATN) systems are operational, and several more are in the planning stage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.advancedtransit.org/advanced-transit/systems/|title=Advanced Transit & Automated Transport Systems|work=ATRA|access-date=2014-10-03|archive-date=2014-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206015746/http://www.advancedtransit.org/advanced-transit/systems/|url-status=dead}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" ! System ! Manufacturer ! Type ! style="width: 180px;" | Locations ! Length ! width=100|{{nowrap|Stations / vehicles}} ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | [[Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit|Morgantown PRT]] | [[Boeing]] | GRT | {{flagicon|United States}} [[Morgantown, West Virginia]], US (1975)<ref name="Progressive Engineer">{{cite journal| last=Gibson| first=Tom| title=Still in a Class of Its Own| journal=Progressive Engineer| url=http://www.progressiveengineer.com/PEWebBackissues2002/PEWeb%2024%20Mar%2002-2/PRT.htm| access-date=2008-05-30| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207004737/http://www.progressiveengineer.com/PEWebBackissues2002/PEWeb%2024%20Mar%2002-2/PRT.htm| archive-date=2012-02-07| url-status=dead}}</ref> | {{convert|13.2|km|mi|1|abbr=on|sortable=on}}<ref name="WVU1">[http://admissions.wvu.edu/undergraduate/discover/prt.asp West Virginia University - PRT]</ref> | 5<ref name="WVU1" /> / 73<ref name="Progressive Engineer"/> | Up to 20 passengers per vehicle, some rides not point-to-point during low usage periods<ref name="Progressive Engineer"/> |- | [[ParkShuttle]] | [https://web.archive.org/web/20161227195810/http://www.2getthere.eu/projects/rivium-grt/ 2getthere] | GRT | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} 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 current system will operate until the end of 2018, after which it is expected to be replaced and expanded.<ref>{{cite web|title=RIVIUM GRT|url=https://www.2getthere.eu/projects/rivium-grt/|publisher=2getthere|access-date=1 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310200020/http://www.2getthere.eu/projects/rivium-grt/|archive-date=2017-03-10|url-status=dead}}. I pilot scheme operated on part of the current route between 1999 and 2005.</ref>{{needs update|date=March 2023}} |- | CyberCab | [http://www.2getthere.eu/ 2getthere]<ref name="mogge1">Mogge, John, ''[http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/moggeprtpaper.pdf The Technology of Personal Transit],'' "Figure 6. MASDAR Phase 1A Prototype Passenger PRT." Paper delivered at the [http://www.worldfutureenergysummit.com World Future Energy Summit], January 20, 2009. Available in WFES online media center.</ref> | PRT | {{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} [[Masdar City]], [[Abu Dhabi]], UAE (November 2010) | {{convert|1.5|km|mi|1|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | 2/10 passenger, (3/3 freight, not put into service)<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.advancedtransit.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/PRT-Vehicle-Architecture-and-Control-in-Masdar-City-M.-de-Graaf.pdf|title=PRT Vehicle Architecture and Control in Masdar City}}</ref> | Initial plans called for cars to be banned, with PRT as the only powered intra-city transport<ref name="panda">[http://www.panda.org/wwf_news/press_releases/?121361 WWF, Abu Dhabi unveil plans for sustainable city]. World Wildlife Fund, January 13, 2008</ref> (along with an inter-city light rail line<ref name="intercity">[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/jan/21/climatechange.energy Desert state channels oil wealth into world's first sustainable city]). ''The Guardian'', January 21, 2008.</ref>). In October 2010 it was announced the PRT would not expand beyond the pilot scheme due to the cost of creating the undercroft to segregate the system from pedestrian traffic.<ref name="whymasdarscaleback"/><ref name="Masdarsinghub">{{cite web|url=http://singularityhub.com/2011/03/01/masdar-city-abandons-public-transportation-system-of-the-future|title=Masdar City Abandons Transportation System of the Future|work=Singularity HUB|date=March 2011}}</ref> Plans now include electric cars and electric buses.<ref>{{cite web |title= Masdar City - Sustainability and the City - Transportation |url= http://masdarcity.ae/en/62/sustainability-and-the-city/transportation/ |access-date= 2013-06-30 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130713185713/http://masdarcity.ae/en/62/sustainability-and-the-city/transportation |archive-date= 2013-07-13 |url-status= dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Automated People Movers and Automated Transit Systems Conference|url=http://shanta-bonsall.com/?p=4|access-date=2013-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190129/http://shanta-bonsall.com/?p=4|archive-date=2013-10-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Ultra (rapid transit)|Ultra PRT]] | [[Heathrow pod]] | PRT | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[London Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Airport]], England, UK (June 2011) | {{convert|3.8|km|mi|1|abbr=on|sortable=on}}<ref name="HeathrowBAA">[http://www.baa.com/portal/controller/dispatcher.jsp?CiID=4a1d6acc2fce6110VgnVCM10000036821c0a____&ChID=b78aa08ae5c6d110VgnVCM10000036821c0a____&Ct=B2C_CT_PRESS_RELEASE&CtID=a22889d8759a0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____&ChPath=Home^BAA+Airports^Press+releases BAA: Heathrow Transit System a World First] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228232730/http://www.baa.com/portal/controller/dispatcher.jsp?CiID=4a1d6acc2fce6110VgnVCM10000036821c0a____&ChID=b78aa08ae5c6d110VgnVCM10000036821c0a____&Ct=B2C_CT_PRESS_RELEASE&CtID=a22889d8759a0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____&ChPath=Home%5EBAA+Airports%5EPress+releases |date=2012-02-28 }}, 18 December 2007</ref> | 3 / 21<ref name="HeathrowULTra">{{cite web |url=http://www.ultraprt.com/applications/existing-systems/heathrow/ |title=ULTra – ULTra at London Heathrow Airport |publisher=Ultraprt.com |access-date=2012-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330100608/http://www.ultraprt.com/applications/existing-systems/heathrow/ |archive-date=2010-03-30 }}</ref> | The Heathrow PRT system became operational in 2011, connecting Terminal 5 with a long-term car park.<ref name='heathrow-retail-travel'>{{cite web | url = http://www.heathrowairport.com/about-us/partners-and-suppliers/retail-travel-services | title = Heathrow Retail Travel Services | access-date = 2014-01-02 | quote = Heathrow Pod, began public service in 2011 and will carry around 500,000 passengers per year from the Terminal 5 business car park to the main terminal. | archive-date = 2014-01-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194541/http://www.heathrowairport.com/about-us/partners-and-suppliers/retail-travel-services | url-status = dead }}</ref> In May 2014 [[BAA Limited|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. |- | Skycube<ref name="vecsuncheon">[http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2910573 Posco will help realize new rapid transit plan], Joong Ang Daily, 26 September 2009</ref> | Vectus | PRT | {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Suncheon, South Korea|Suncheon]], South Korea (September 2013)<ref name="vecsuncheon"/> | {{convert|4.64|km|mi|1|abbr=on|sortable=on}}<ref>{{cite web |title = Korea's First Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), SkyCube |url = http://globalblog.posco.com/koreas-first-personal-rapid-transit-prt-skycube/ |access-date = 2014-09-08 |archive-date = 2014-09-08 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140908132929/http://globalblog.posco.com/koreas-first-personal-rapid-transit-prt-skycube/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> | 2 / 40<ref name="vecsuncheon"/> | Connects the site of [[2013 Suncheon Garden Expo Korea]] to a station in the wetlands "Buffer Area" next to the Suncheon Literature Museum;<ref>{{cite web| url=http://eng.2013expo.or.kr/?r=ENG&c=274/608&m=festivalmnm&front=view&type=CTS00700016&uid=74| title=Suncheon Literature Museum (pictorial map has representation of PRT connection)| access-date=2019-09-16| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215122432/http://eng.2013expo.or.kr/?r=ENG&c=274%2F608&m=festivalmnm&front=view&type=CTS00700016&uid=74| archive-date=2018-12-15| url-status=dead}}</ref> the line runs parallel to the Suncheon-dong Stream.<ref>{{cite web| title = PRT System to Open for Suncheon Bay Garden Expo| date=12 February 2013| url=http://kojects.com/2013/02/13/prt-system-to-open-in-april-for-suncheon-bay-garden-expo/}}</ref> Stations are "on-line." |} In addition, one PRT has completed construction but has not been commissioned. {| class="wikitable sortable" ! System ! Manufacturer ! Type ! style="width: 180px;" | Locations ! Length ! width=100|{{nowrap|Stations / vehicles}} ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | [[Ultra (rapid transit)|Ultra PRT]]<!-- Operational? --> | Kunming Shipbuilding Equipment<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-04-07 |title=PRT项目无人小车进入批量调试阶段 |url=http://www.ksec.com.cn/view/kcmainpc/9/563/view/2414.html}}</ref> |PRT | {{Flagicon|CHN}} [[Chengdu Tianfu International Airport|Tianfu Airport]], [[Chengdu]], China |{{Convert|5|km|mi|abbr=in}} |3 / 22<ref name=":0" /> |Connects the airport terminal to the parking lots. While the airport opened in 2021, {{asof|2025|02|lc=y}}, the PRT has not been opened to the public. |}
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