Heathrow Terminal 5 Transit

The Heathrow Terminal 5 Transit is an automated people mover system (APM) 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 its satellite buildings, Terminals 5B and 5C.^[1][2]

Heathrow Terminal 5 Transit
A Bombardier Innovia APM 200 at Terminal 5
Overview
Locale	London Heathrow Airport,
Transit type	Automated guideway transit/People mover
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	3
Annual ridership	13 million per year
Website	Heathrow Terminal 5 guide
Operation
Began operation	2008
Operator(s)	Heathrow Airport Holdings
Character	Underground
Rolling stock	10 × Bombardier Innovia APM 200
Number of vehicles	8 in normal operation
Technical
System length	0.67 km (0.42 mi)
Electrification	Third rail
System map This system has step-free access. Legend Piccadilly line to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 Heathrow Express & Elizabeth line to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 Terminal 5C Terminal 5B Terminal 5 Transit Terminal 5A Airside Landside Heathrow Terminal 5 Terminal 5 PRT This diagram: view talk edit

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 initially expanded to nine then later to ten vehicles.^[3][2][4]

Route

The Heathrow Terminal 5 APM vehicles run in a dual-lane tunnel totalling 0.67 kilometres (0.42 miles) in length. The Transit System has three stations: the main Terminal 5A building (Gates A1-A23), Terminal 5B (Gates B32-B48), and Terminal 5C (Gates C52-C66).^[5] The people movers operate exclusively "airside", meaning that the system can only be accessed by passengers who have first passed through airport security.^[3][2][6]

A completely separate personal rapid transit system, the London Heathrow Terminal 5 PRT, operates "landside" between the car parks and Terminal 5.^[7]

Vehicles

Heathrow Terminal 5 transit station

The transit system is run with a small fleet of ten Bombardier Innovia APM 200 vehicles which convey over 6,500 passengers per hour in each direction.^[3]