Beijing's first ever automatic train designed to serve the
upcoming new wing of its Capital International Airport had a trial
run on Tuesday.
The express rail device shuttles passengers from one terminal to
another.
Three stops are arranged along the passenger delivery line:
Terminal 3A, Terminal 3B and Terminal 3C. The entire rail line is
about 5 kilometers long.
Trains, with four air-conditioned carriages each, service the
line every five minutes. Each train can hold a maximum of 4,100
passengers.
The airport train will formally begin operating on February 29,
2008, in conjunction with the opening of the capital airport's new
passenger terminal.
Airport staff wait beside a car of an
express train, which is known as the Automated People Mover system
at the new Terminal 3, or T3, in the Beijing Capital International
Airport, November 4, 2007. The express train service system was
completed Tuesday at the T3 that will serve Olympic and Paralympic
chartered flights during the Games.
People take a ride in a car of an
express train, which is known as the Automated People Mover system
at the new Terminal 3, or T3, in the Beijing Capital International
Airport, November 4, 2007.
The inside of a car of an express
train, which is known as the Automated People Mover system at the
new Terminal 3, or T3, in the Beijing Capital International
Airport, is seen here on June 25, 2007.
A car of an express train, which is
known as the Automated People Mover system at the new Terminal 3,
or T3, in the Beijing Capital International Airport, runs without a
driver on June 25, 2007.
A car of an express train, which is
known as the Automated People Mover system at the new Terminal 3,
or T3, in the Beijing Capital International Airport, runs without a
driver on June 25, 2007.
(Xinhua News Agency, CRI.cn?December 5, 2007)
