Heathrow Terminal 5 Transit


The Heathrow Terminal 5 Transit is an automated people mover system 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.

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.

Route

The Heathrow Terminal 5 APM vehicles run in a dual-lane tunnel totalling in length. The Transit System has three stations: the main Terminal 5A building, Terminal 5B , and Terminal 5C. The people movers operate exclusively "airside", meaning that the system can only by accessed by passengers who have first passed through airport security.
A completely separate personal rapid transit system, the London Heathrow Terminal 5 PRT, operates "landside" between the car parks and Terminal 5.

Vehicles

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.