by lpetrich
The construction of the Los Angeles CA LAX airport light-rail system has inspired me to create this thread. I was especially inspired by some pictures in LAWA Official Site | Construction Photos that show its partially-constructed tracks.
They have a variety of track configurations, including some odd-looking ones.
Birail: New York City JFK AirTrain, Houston TX IAH Subway, Shanghai CN PVG automated people mover -- I'm using "birail" for the nearly-universal kind of rail line)
Monorail: Newark NJ EWR AirTrain, Bologna IT MLQ Marconi Express
Overhead rail Düsseldorf DE DUS Skytrain -- the Düsseldorf system is called a H-Bahn, short for Hängebahn ("hanging railway").
Cable car Oakland CA OAK BART connector, Miami FL MIA e Train, Minneapolis St Paul MN MSP AIrport Tram, Detroit MI DTW ExpressTram, Cincinnati OH CVG people mover, Toronto ON CA YYZ Link Train, Mexico City MX Aerotrén, Birmingham UK Air-Rail Link, Pisa IT PSA Pisa Mover, Moscow RU SVO interterminal underground passage
Rubber-tired railcars with center guide rails: San Francisco CA SFO AirTrain, Pittsburgh PA PIT people mover, Tampa FL TPA airside lines, Houston TX IAH Skyway, Dallas Fort Worth TX DFW Skylink, Orlando FL MCO people movers, Phoenix AZ PHX Sky Train, Atlanta GA ATL SkyTrain & Plane Train, Sacramento CA SMF people mover, London UK LHR Terminal 5 Transit, London UK LGW Shuttle Transit, London UK STN Transit System, Frankfurt DE FRA SkyLine, Paris FR CDG CDGVAL, Madrid ES MAD people mover, Rome IT FCO SkyBridge, Kuala Lumpur MY KUL Aerotrain, Beijing CN PEK Terminal 3 people mover
The system under construction at LAX looks like it will have this configuration, judging from some construction pictures and artist's conceptions.
Rubber-tired railcars with side guide rails or other guidance systems: Washington DC IAD Aerotrain, Seattle WA SEA Satellite Transit System, Miami FL MIA Skytrain & MIA Mover, Las Vegas NV LAS people movers, Tampa FL TPA Skytrain, Denver CO DIA automated guideway transit system, Chicago IL ORD Airport Transit System, London UK LHR ULTra, Zürich CH ZRH Skymetro, Paris FR ORY Orlyval, Paris FR CDG CDGVAL, Dubai AE DXB automated people mover, Singapore SIN Skytrain, Jakarta ID CGK Skytrain, Taipei TW TPE Skytrain, Seoul KR ICN shuttle train, Osaka JP Wing Shuttle, Hong Kong CN HKG automated people mover
Unknown: Metro-Airport Connection of Porto Alegre, Brazil
An interesting circumstance is the large fraction of systems with rubber-tired vehicles, and about half of them have a center rail for guidance, a rail between the load-bearing wheels.
- Airport rail link - Wikipedia
- List of airport rail link systems - Wikipedia
- List of airport people mover systems - Wikipedia
They have a variety of track configurations, including some odd-looking ones.
Birail: New York City JFK AirTrain, Houston TX IAH Subway, Shanghai CN PVG automated people mover -- I'm using "birail" for the nearly-universal kind of rail line)
Monorail: Newark NJ EWR AirTrain, Bologna IT MLQ Marconi Express
Overhead rail Düsseldorf DE DUS Skytrain -- the Düsseldorf system is called a H-Bahn, short for Hängebahn ("hanging railway").
Cable car Oakland CA OAK BART connector, Miami FL MIA e Train, Minneapolis St Paul MN MSP AIrport Tram, Detroit MI DTW ExpressTram, Cincinnati OH CVG people mover, Toronto ON CA YYZ Link Train, Mexico City MX Aerotrén, Birmingham UK Air-Rail Link, Pisa IT PSA Pisa Mover, Moscow RU SVO interterminal underground passage
Rubber-tired railcars with center guide rails: San Francisco CA SFO AirTrain, Pittsburgh PA PIT people mover, Tampa FL TPA airside lines, Houston TX IAH Skyway, Dallas Fort Worth TX DFW Skylink, Orlando FL MCO people movers, Phoenix AZ PHX Sky Train, Atlanta GA ATL SkyTrain & Plane Train, Sacramento CA SMF people mover, London UK LHR Terminal 5 Transit, London UK LGW Shuttle Transit, London UK STN Transit System, Frankfurt DE FRA SkyLine, Paris FR CDG CDGVAL, Madrid ES MAD people mover, Rome IT FCO SkyBridge, Kuala Lumpur MY KUL Aerotrain, Beijing CN PEK Terminal 3 people mover
The system under construction at LAX looks like it will have this configuration, judging from some construction pictures and artist's conceptions.
Rubber-tired railcars with side guide rails or other guidance systems: Washington DC IAD Aerotrain, Seattle WA SEA Satellite Transit System, Miami FL MIA Skytrain & MIA Mover, Las Vegas NV LAS people movers, Tampa FL TPA Skytrain, Denver CO DIA automated guideway transit system, Chicago IL ORD Airport Transit System, London UK LHR ULTra, Zürich CH ZRH Skymetro, Paris FR ORY Orlyval, Paris FR CDG CDGVAL, Dubai AE DXB automated people mover, Singapore SIN Skytrain, Jakarta ID CGK Skytrain, Taipei TW TPE Skytrain, Seoul KR ICN shuttle train, Osaka JP Wing Shuttle, Hong Kong CN HKG automated people mover
Unknown: Metro-Airport Connection of Porto Alegre, Brazil
An interesting circumstance is the large fraction of systems with rubber-tired vehicles, and about half of them have a center rail for guidance, a rail between the load-bearing wheels.