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Should Airside People Movers Be Included in the Railway Browser?

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Voting closed: September 11, 2023, 06:34:41 pm

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Offline Duke87

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Re: Discussion regarding airside people movers
« Reply #15 on: September 26, 2024, 01:32:03 am »
Any idea how many airports have airside people movers?

14 within the US: ATL, CVG, DEN, DFW, DTW, IAD, IAH, MCO, MIA, MSP, PIT, SEA, SMF, TPA

There are more internationally.

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Re: Discussion regarding airside people movers
« Reply #16 on: September 26, 2024, 09:48:28 am »
Any idea how many airports have airside people movers?

14 within the US: ATL, CVG, DEN, DFW, DTW, IAD, IAH, MCO, MIA, MSP, PIT, SEA, SMF, TPA

There are more internationally.

SLC will get one too (https://slcairport.com/thenewslc/future-phases/)... eventually...
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Re: Discussion regarding airside people movers
« Reply #17 on: November 12, 2024, 11:23:37 am »
Anyone can buy a plane ticket and get on the train. This isn't like the US Capitol Subway or other private/highly restricted systems, which you need to be a member or employee of Congress to ride.

My standard of significance would be "can anyone ride this without being an employee or guest somewhere?" If the only barrier is purchasing a ticket, it's no harder than riding some long-distance rail lines, which we are already including in some countries.

I agree with this.

Having considered this topic for a while, I'm in favor of adding this system. I'm in agreement with the comments above.

The "barrier" of having to purchase a ticket is not really much different than having to pay a toll to use a turnpike. Also, IIRC there are a few airports where you can get a visitors pass including some that have airside people movers (DTW, PIT and SEA come to mind but I haven't checked lately to see if this is still a thing).

I'd love it if at least a US airside people mover system could be created.

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Re: Discussion regarding airside people movers
« Reply #18 on: November 12, 2024, 03:17:07 pm »
I can draft up a system here within the next couple days or so.
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Re: Discussion regarding airside people movers
« Reply #19 on: November 13, 2024, 08:39:35 am »
Any idea how many airports have airside people movers?

14 within the US: ATL, CVG, DEN, DFW, DTW, IAD, IAH, MCO, MIA, MSP, PIT, SEA, SMF, TPA

There are more internationally.


SLC will get one too (https://slcairport.com/thenewslc/future-phases/)... eventually...

LAS also

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Re: Discussion regarding airside people movers
« Reply #20 on: November 15, 2024, 12:45:33 pm »
System drafted, in preview now.
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Re: Discussion regarding airside people movers
« Reply #21 on: November 15, 2024, 01:46:13 pm »
Nice!

There is one addition I would suggest. At SEA there is a Yellow line train that connects the Blue and Green lines. It runs from the D Gates station to the A Gates station. I don't recall if it goes in a straight line between the two end points or if if follows the curve of the terminal above it.

I didn't look too closely at the rest, but on first glance they all look fine.

Thanks for the addition  :)