Dulles Airport adds $1.5 billion AirTrain
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In part of a $3 billion renovation, Washington Dulles International Airport will unveil its AeroTrain today. The new train system has taken eight years of digging and construction, and over a decade of planning. Its implementation will help passengers get to their gates more quickly.
Since 1962, the airport has been using “mobile [...]
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In part of a $3 billion renovation, Washington Dulles International Airport will unveil its AeroTrain today. The new train system has taken eight years of digging and construction, and over a decade of planning. Its implementation will help passengers get to their gates more quickly.
Since 1962, the airport has been using “mobile lounges” which shuttle travelers back and forth. These shuttles will still be used for international arrivals within the D gates for now, according to the Washington Post.
The $1.5 billion move comes in anticipation for expanded traffic in the near future. Dulles’ major carrier, United Airlines has had an active role in the planning, since it is an airline that brings some of the heaviest traffic to the hub.
The new underground train spans nearly four miles long, and its 29 cars run 42 miles per hour. The estimated wait time for a train should be less than two minutes, and the proposed time between gates should last just over a minute.
The largest airport in greater Washington, Dulles has planned much more for its expansion. Two new parking garages, a fourth runway, a new control tower, and moving walkways that bring travelers within terminals A and B gates are all in the works. The airport is also expanding the Midfield Concourse, which will be home to redeveloped gates C and D. The details of this last project aren’t solidified yet, because the airport is still in talks with United Airlines as to how best to execute.
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