Heathrow Terminal 5 Transit

The Heathrow Terminal 5 Transit is an automated people mover system (APM) at London Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom. It operates in the Heathrow Terminal 5 complex and conveys air passengers between the main airport terminal and those departure and arrival gates which are located some distance from the main terminal in satellite buildings.[1][2]

Heathrow Terminal 5 Transit
A Bombardier Innovia APM 200 at Terminal 5
Overview
LocaleLondon Heathrow Airport,
Transit typeAutomated guideway transit/People mover
Number of lines1
Number of stations3
Annual ridership13 million per year
Operation
Began operation2008
Operator(s)Heathrow Airport Holdings
Number of vehicles8 in normal operation
Technical
System length0.42 miles (0.68 km)
System map
Terminal 5C
Terminal 5B
Terminal 5A
Airside
Landside
Terminal 5 station
Heathrow Pod
to London
Heathrow Express
Piccadilly line

History

The Terminal 5 APM transit came into operation at the opening of Terminal 5 in 2008. It was the first ever deployment of the Innovia APM 200 vehicle. Initially the system had two stops, running between the main Terminal 5A and Terminal 5B, operated with two 3-car APM trains. In 2011, the line was extended to Terminal 5C and APM fleet was expanded to five vehicles.[3][2][4]

Route

The Heathrow Terminal 5 APM vehicles run in a dual-lane tunnel totalling 0.67 kilometres (0.42 mi) in length. The Transit System has three stations: the main Terminal 5A building (Gates A1-A23), Terminal 5B (Gates B32-B48), and Terminal 5C (Gates C52-C66).[5] The people movers operate exclusively "airside", meaning that the system can only by accessed by passengers who have first passed through airport security.[3][2][6]

A completely separate personal rapid transit system, the London Heathrow Terminal 5 PRT, operates "landside" between the car parks and Terminal 5.[7]

Vehicles
Heathrow Terminal 5 transit station

The transit system is run with a small fleet of nine Bombardier Innovia APM 200 vehicles which convey over 6,500 passengers per hour in each direction.[3]

References
Citations
  1. "Worldwide projects". Bombardier Transportation. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. James, Kevan (2017). Heathrow Airport: An Illustrated History. Fonthill Media. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. "INNOVIA APM Automated People Mover System - London Heathrow, UK - United Kingdom - Bombardier". Bombardier. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  4. Doherty 2008, p. 84.
  5. "Flight connections | Airport information | British Airways". www.britishairways.com. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  6. Doherty 2008, p. 224.
  7. "A Ride On Heathrow's Self-Driving Pods". Londonist. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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See also

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