ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- The Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Trams consist of a pair of cable-drawn automated people movers that serve travelers of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. Both were constructed by the Poma-Otis Transit Company of Farmington, Connecticut and are operated under the direction of the Metropolitan Airports Commission
The newer of the two systems, the 'C' Concourse People Mover, opened on May 5, 2004. Covering a distance of 2,700 feet (820 m), this tram is designed to quickly transport passengers between the concourses of the Lindbergh Terminal. Costing $36 million to complete, the 'C' Concourse tram was originally scheduled to open on June 1, 2002, but computer software problems and a collision with the vehicles resulted in postponing its opening to 2004. The four cars utilized in this system have an average top speed of 26 miles per hour (42 km/h) and, although the appearance of the vehicles is similar to the Hub Tram, they use steel wheels on steel tracks as the 'C' Concourse line is above ground and open to the elements, where ice and snow could interfere with the operation of the air cushions had it been built with Hovair technology. ~Wikipedia
-
Please comment if you have opinions or facts to share about the video or transit in general! Its a learning process for all of us and I enjoy being educated on what in the end we all love: transportation
I've been living in St Paul for over 30 years and did not know a tram system was installed at the TCIA. Last time I flew was in 1992 and that is why I have not been near it. Thanks for sharing. Learned something, there.
I remember riding its predecessor which was a truck-trailer "bus" that ran between the terminal and rental car building. It used a dedicated road that had railroad crossing gates to stop intersecting traffic so that it could travel between the two buildings without stopping.
very interesting transport system, I hope one day to have something similar here where I live, (Recife - Brazil)
Super Video! I like it!
Kudos to Minneapolis St Paul Airport for having a system like this!!!
Thank you Tim for sharing!!👍👍😄😄
Fascinating, but I find it very strange that cable haulage is used, when most early transit systems that used cables converted to electric traction.
I am equally bewildered by the new people mover between London Luton Airport in the UK and the railway station as that is also going to be cable hauled. Perhaps when it is finished, you might wish to film it, but with the track record (pardon the pun) of infrastructure development here suffering years of delays and budget overruns, you may have a long wait.
Are they actually trams or just a cable guided transit system? Similar to the Inter Terminal Transit at LGW and the tracked transit between BHX- Birmingham International railway station and the National Exhibition Centre.
Cool peoplemover
Welcome back to MN!
hec yah! do more videos on automated transit systems and monorails plz
If there are so few seats, why doesn't there be a bus system for such?
Because busses get stuck in traffic.
But what if I was going to mention BRT?
Nice tram!
can we call them “vertical elevators” or “flat funiculars”?
Why are they called "trams"?
Because they go on rails
Trains go on rails too.
@@ChristIsKing4ever-l9w Trams usually run on streets (with rails)…
Interesting video. 👍
I guess the cars run like in San Francisco and aren't permanently linked to the cable which runs continuously ; am I right?
I think it would be interesting to see the other lines using the Hovair technology.
And please apologize my poor English, I'm just French 🤣
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Hovair Hovair is a brand of technology from Otis.
@@stumpydoo5 😬 Oh I'm sorry! I delete my stupid remark!
@@andrefourtier100 Usually I get the info from Wikipedia :)
@@timosha21 I know, I was wrong! I've deleted my stupid remark! Shame on me! 😑
@@andrefourtier100 Its a learning opportunity for all of us! There is no shame ;) :D That is what makes transit so amazing! So complex !
So noisy especially when crossing the switch areas, does not sound re-assuring.