Stansted Airport Transit System

Stansted Airport Transit System
Overview
Travelling downhill from the main building to enter the underground tunneled section
Locale	London Stansted Airport,
Transit type	People mover
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	3
Operation
Began operation	1991
Operator(s)	Stansted Airport Limited
Technical
System length	2 miles (3.2 km)
Track gauge	2.8 metres (9 ft 2 in)

The Stansted Airport Track Transit System (TTS) is a fully automated people mover system located at London Stansted Airport in the United Kingdom^[1]^[2]

After opening in 1991 the system was extended in 1998 with an additional two underground stations to serve a second satellite building.^[1] The system is "airside" and is accessible only after clearing security.

Stations

The Stansted Airport Transit System has three stations. All are equipped with Platform Screen Doors.

Guideway

The system is double track, with 3.2 km (2.0 mi) of track in total^[1] and includes a maintenance depot at one end. The system contains elevated and tunneled sections connecting the main terminal building with two satellite buildings, numbered 1 (gates 1 - 19) and 2 (gates 29 - 38) official signs in the terminal advertise the gates as 20 to 39.

Vehicles

There are an original five Adtranz C-100 cars built by Westinghouse for the system. This was increased to a total of nine cars when four new Bombardier CX-100 cars were delivered during the 1998 expansion.^[1] During normal operation, eight out of the nine cars will be in service to maintain a 99.98% availability record.^[1] The cars can operate as single units or can be coupled to form two or three car trains. The trains are fully automated (driverless).

Pictures

Looking backwards up the hill to the main building
Set of points for a crossover connecting the two tracks
The "boxy" looking underground section

References

1 2 3 4 5 Cambridge University and BAA, 24. BAA Stansted, Airport Transit System, TTS – The Track Transit System, retrieved 2008-07-11.
↑ In the Terminal

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