Tampa International Airport People Movers
| Tampa International Airport People Movers | |
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 Airside E guideway | |
| Overview | |
| Type | Automated guideway transit/monorail |
| Locale | Tampa International Airport |
| Stations | 18 |
| Services | 6 |
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| Opened |
1971 (original C-100s) 1993 (Current APM 100) |
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The Tampa International Airport People Movers are a set of automated people mover systems operating within Tampa International Airport. The primary set of people movers are automated guideway transit (AGT) systems that connect the airport’s main terminal to four satellite airside concourses. Opened in 1971, it is the world’s first automated people mover system built within an airport. A monorail has run between the main terminal and the long-term parking garage since 1991. A fifth AGT line known as SkyConnect began operating in 2018, and connects the main terminal with the airport’s economy parking garage and rental car center.[1]
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The four currently operating airside automated guideway transit (AGT) people mover systems connect the main terminal with airside concourses A, C, E, and F. Each line consists of two guideways, and each guideway carries a two-car train. Passengers board on an island platform between the two guideways and disembark on side platforms. This system is similar to the Orlando International Airport People Movers.
The airside systems opened in 1971 and originally used eight C-100 vehicles built by Westinghouse's transportation division. The division eventually became Adtranz, which was later acquired by Bombardier Transportation. The original vehicles were replaced with similar Bombardier Innovia APM 100 vehicles in 1993. The infrastructure for the now-defunct lines to the former Airsides B and D still remain, but the vehicles have been removed.
Airside C guideway
Defunct Airside D guideway
Monorail
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An automated monorail system, opened in 1991, connects the main terminal to the long-term parking garage on level 5.[2] It stops at each elevator bank in both buildings. The monorail system utilizes Bombardier UM III vehicles (which are also used on the Jacksonville Skyway).[3]
Monorail vehicle
Monorail beam
Monorail station
Monorail status map
SkyConnect
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A fifth AGT people mover line named SkyConnect opened in February 2018. It has stations at the main terminal (right above the former platform to Airside B), the economy parking garage, and the rental car center.[4] Unlike the airside systems, SkyConnect uses Mitsubishi Crystal Mover vehicles.
See also
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tampa International Airport People Movers. |
- ↑ "Welcome, SkyConnect!". Tampa International Airport. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Parking". Tampa International Airport. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ↑ "Monorails of North America". Monorail Society. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ↑ "Tampa International Airport's new $417M people mover is en route from Japan". Tampa Bay Business Journal. Retrieved 16 July 2017.