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Ultra Global PRT
Ultra Global PRT
Low cost transport for a a sustainable future
Low cost transport for a sustainable future
Low cost transport for sustainable future

www.ultraglobalprt.com
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Delivering sustainable personal transport
Ultra personal rapid transit (PRT) is a new and innovative on-demand system for developed or urbanenvironments. It is designed to meet the need for congestion free, multi-origin, multi-destination public transport.
Using small, driverless electric vehicles that run on guideways, the lightweight and flexible nature of the
system enables it to be retrofitted into a broad range of environments and provide transportation that is
environmentally friendly and operationally efficient. Ultra has beendesigned with reliability and safety
built-in as standard to ensure the comfort and security of its passengers.
Conventional forms of public transit require passengers to collect in groups, wait until a large vehicle with
a fixed schedule arrives, and travel on a predetermined route stopping for additional passengers on the
way. In contrast, Ultra offers personal transport with no waiting, takingpassengers non-stop to their chosen destination.

Ultra personal rapid transit is
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On demand transport – no waiting

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Sustainable

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Reliable

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Attractive to the user

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Inexpensive

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Easy to install

“You have built a first class exemplar of
what an autonomous transport system
can achieve”
Former President of the Royal Academy
of Engineering

Over 15years of product development
The Ultra team comprises a balance of technical and operational experience and are recognised leaders in
the transport systems industry.
Originally an engineering research project to devise the optimum urban transport solution for the 21st
century, Ultra began development in 1995 in association with the University of Bristol.
By 2001, the company had established a1km test track in Cardiff, where it has conducted trial runs of several generations of PRT vehicles.
In 2000, Ultra won the UK government Innovative Transport contract resulting in £2.7m funding for the
design and development of a full prototype. Three years later and the Ultra pod system was approved for
public use by the UK Regulatory Authority (HM Rail Inspectorate).
In 2005, Ultra was chosento build a pod system at London’s Heathrow Airport; since 2011 this system has
provided over 1000 passengers per day with a vital link from the T5 Business Car Park to the terminal.
In May 2012 Ultra celebrated its first anniversary of passenger service at Heathrow, carrying 370,000 passengers on their no waiting, non-stop journey to Terminal 5.

1995

1999

2000

2002

2003

2003Founded, Bristol
University

UK Department
for Trade: grant to
build prototype

Winner UK DfT
Innovation
competition

Test track launch
by Deputy Mayor
for Environment

First safety
clearance — UK
Rail Inspectorate

BAA Transport
Study; PRT beats
APM and bus

Ultra wins BAA
PRT vendor
competition

‘Topping Out’
ceremony. Ops
testing begins.

Commissioning
trialswith
passengers.

Heathrow pod
opens for full
passenger service.

Foundation stone
laid in Amritsar,
India.

Heathrow pod 1st
year anniversary.
370k passengers.

2005

2009

2010

2011

2011

2012

Now in 2012, the company is exporting the Ultra technology to India as part of the Amritsar PRT project.

“This innovative system forms part of BAA’s plan to transformHeathrow...it offers a completely new form of public
transport – one that will deliver a fast, efficient service to
passengers and bring considerable environmental benefits,
saving more than half of the fuel used by existing forms of
public or private transport”
Max Vialou-Clark, BAA Heathrow Retail Services Director

Applications in major locations worldwide
From busy town centres, to...