Dubai International Airport Automated People Mover

The Dubai International Airport Automated People Mover is a driverless people mover located within Dubai International Airport. It operates in two "segments" within Terminal 3 and Concourse A & B, often referred to as the Terminal 3 APM,[1] and between Terminals 1 and Concourse D will referred to as the Terminal 1 APM.[2]

Dubai International Airport Automated People Mover
Overview
LocaleDubai International Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Transit typePeople mover
Number of lines2
Number of stations4
Operation
Began operationTerminal 3 APM: January 2013
Terminal 1 APM: 2016
Operator(s)Serco Group plc.
Technical
System lengthTerminal 3 APM: 5.2 km (3.2 mi)
Terminal 1 APM: 1.5 km (0.93 mi)

Terminal 3 APM

The first segment runs between the Terminal 3 and the Airbus A380 dedicated Concourse A. The segment transports departing passengers to their A380 gates, and transports arriving passengers to the passport and immigration section of Terminal 3. These segment use Mitsubishi Crystal Mover system and opened since January 2013.

Terminal 1 APM

The second segment of the system runs from the Terminal 1 to Concourse D. These segment will use Bombardier Innovia APM 300.[3]

gollark: Why did YouTube recommend this to me‽ Why?
gollark: Governments seem to now be making it some sort of ridiculous competition to have 5G as soon as possible even with no immediate uses, which is annoying.
gollark: That does make some sense, I guess. But hardly seems like it requires specifically 5G.
gollark: Given that they're... physically near each other, presumably.
gollark: For communication between cars, it seems odd to have them all link back to a tower.

References

  1. "Concourse A - Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects". Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  2. "Final Phase of Concourse D - Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects". Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects. 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  3. Dubai Airport Terminal 1 APM
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.