SKYRAIL,

THE BEST SOLUTION

BYD SkyRail is an advanced monorail system designed to solve urban congestion
and transit challenges, without the significant infrastructure costs, construction timelines or traffic strains caused by grade separated rail projects.

INTRODUCTION


Surface light rail has been modernized and improved for over 100 years since the first trams and streetcars. In a highly analogous manner, straddle type monorail technology has been incrementally improved and modernized for more than 60 years.








SERVICE
PROVEN TECHNOLOGY

BYD was selected for over 380 kilometers/237 miles of SkyRail projects in China, the Asia Pacific region, South America and Africa. These projects are already in planning, construction, or operation, and currently are being expanded with detailed planned stages in several cities in North America.








TYPICAL DIMENSIONS

“SkyRail carbodies are 10’5” / 3.16 m wide, about the same width as a subway car. However, the vehicles are lightweight, about 2/3rd the weight of a light rail vehicle, which means the structure needed to support SkyRail is substantially lighter as well. Our structural engineers estimate that SkyRail structure require only about half the steel and concrete as elevated rail structures.