WGH was selected to develop the concept and mechanical engineering design for the Vectus PRT public transport project, now under trial in Sweden.

What is PRT?

The Vectus PRT of today uses small, lightweight, driverless vehicles to carry individuals or small groups non-stop from origin station to the destination station. Stations sit on the network of lightweight guideways.

Stations are off-line (located on the side track), meaning that vehicles are waiting for passengers at the station without blocking the traffic flow at the main track. This makes waiting times for passengers negligible and there are no intermediate stops during the entire journey, which reduces the user’s total travel time.

Vehicles are personal and travel individually selected routes. The capacity of the PRT system is still substantial and comparable to any public transportation, thanks to the three seconds long intervals between the vehicles. Furthermore, since the system is operating on demand, energy is used only when there are transportation requests.

Vectus PRT

Please visit our download page to read more about the history of this project and view the official sales literature. For further information please visit the Vectus website which is accessible from the links page of the WGH website

The Future