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)
