Project manager picked to develop Tel Aviv SkyTran

Tel Aviv has appointed US consultancy Jenkins Gales & Martinez (JGM) to oversee the introduction of the city’s ‘revolutionary’ SkyTran rail system.

Israel is one of a number of countries pursuing the technology which could eventually see a network of elevated pods built in the city.

SkyTran, which has been partly developed by NASA, uses maglev technology to power individual light-weight vehicles along a monorail system.

The pods are designed to reach speeds of 150 mph and the destination is set by the traveller rather than a defined route.

Chief executive Jerry Sanders has previously told Global Rail News that he expects interest from all around the world once the first system is up and running.

He said: “The total market size is of several billions of dollars.

“In the long run, the company is expecting to roll out SkyTran in almost every major and medium-size city and along almost the entire network of national highways.”

India, Indonesia, Malaysia and the USA are all in talks with SkyTran about the possibility of installing new networks.




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