BYD SkyRail
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The BYD SkyRail, is a monorail electrical multiple unit (EMU) type train system designed by Chinese company BYD. The design is currently the main guided transit product offering, alongside the BYD SkyShuttle. The first customer was the Yinchuan Metro monorail project.
Design
SkyRail was designed during a five year program, costing RMB 5 billion.{{cite web |title=BYD’s First Commercial SkyRail Line Launched in Northwest China |url=https://motiondigest.com/2017/09/02/byds-first-commercial-skyrail-line-launched-in-northwest-china/ |website=Motion Digest Network: Leading Urban Transformation |access-date=2 June 2025 |date=2 September 2017}} Trains can be equipped with an autonomous driving system and a back-up battery.{{cite web |title=BYD Unveils World’s First SkyRail with 100% Independent Intellectual Unmanned Driving System |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/press-release/12390497/ride-mobility-byd-unveils-worlds-first-skyrail-with-100-independent-intellectual-unmanned-driving-system |website=Mass Transit |access-date=2 June 2025 |language=en |date=10 January 2018}} The trains are designed with a top speed of 80 kph.{{cite web |title=BYD’s SkyRail VS subways of NYC & Hong Kong |url=https://medium.com/@actallchinatech/byds-skyrail-vs-subways-of-nyc-hong-kong-26472a9ef29e |website=Medium |publisher=All Tech Asia |access-date=2 June 2025 |language=en |date=8 November 2017}}
Users
= Operational =
- Yinchuan Metro – Yinchuan, China
- Late 2017 a loop line serving Yinchuan's Flower Expo Garden opened.
- Guilin Rail Transit - Guilin, China
- Test track opened in 2020, with planned passenger service late 2025.
= Contracted =
- Line 17 (São Paulo Metro) – São Paulo, Brazil{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2019/03/22/metro-rescinde-contrato-de-construcao-do-monotrilho-da-linha-17-ouro.ghtml|title = Metrô rescinde contrato de construção do monotrilho da Linha 17-Ouro}}
- Opening planned in 2026.
- Guang'an Metro – Guang'an, China
- A contract was signed and construction began in 2018 but is on hold since 2020.
=Cancelled=
- Skyrail Bahia – Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Quantity: 28 sets.