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Heathrow T5 Transit photos
Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\03\24 21:40, Richard J. wrote: Recliner wrote on 24 Mar 2017 at 13:11 ... For anyone who's interested, I've uploaded a set of photos I took recently of the underground railway that links Heathrow T5 and its two satellite terminals. The rubber-tyred railway isn't visible to anyone not using the satellites. The two satellites are mainly used by long-haul, wide-body flights (most European flights use the main terminal): https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...57679819076761 Thanks for the photos. I recall that when the transit first opened, Heathrow Airport claimed that the "very long" escalators from the main termainal were the longest in London, longer than the longest LU escalators at Angel. It's slightly frustrating not to have an external view of these rubber-tyred trains (trams?), but I guess that's not possible for the public. Apparently they look like this: http://www.bombardier.com/content/da...b.750.750.jpeg Thanks. I wonder why they have head and tail lights? Yes, I wondered that. Perhaps for the benefit of (rare) track workers? |
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Heathrow T5 Transit photos
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Recliner wrote: Thanks. I wonder why they have head and tail lights? Yes, I wondered that. Perhaps for the benefit of (rare) track workers? Probably because the same equipment runs outside in other places. The Dallas-Fort Worth system is elevated, and the one in Phoenix is mostly elevated other than an underpass under a freight railway. Here's the DFW one: https://www.dfwairport.com/skylink/ Video of a ride on the PHX one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVLIe0VWouQ |
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Heathrow T5 Transit photos
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2017, John Levine remarked: Thanks. I wonder why they have head and tail lights? Yes, I wondered that. Perhaps for the benefit of (rare) track workers? Probably because the same equipment runs outside in other places. The Dallas-Fort Worth system is elevated, I'm pretty sure the original one was like a roller-coaster, at or below ground level (see below) and diving under the roads. Only four terminals then. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...t_guide_map200 2.jpg -- Roland Perry |
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Heathrow T5 Transit photos
Probably because the same equipment runs outside in other places. The
Dallas-Fort Worth system is elevated, I'm pretty sure the original one was like a roller-coaster, at or below ground level (see below) and diving under the roads. Only four terminals then. The old DFW system built by LTV used lots of small vehicles and tried too hard to do too many things, e.g., goods trains to move baggage between terminals, and was hard to adapt when they divided terminals into landside and post-screening airside areas. Bits of the track are still visible. It didn't help that LTV left the business so there was nobody willing to maintain or upgrade it. The new system is a train with a single circular route with all stops airside. If you want to change terminals landside, there is an ordinary rather slow bus. |
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