Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System

Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System
Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System
Shuttle of Narita Turminal 2 200507-1.jpg
Info
Locale Terminal 2, Narita International Airport, Narita, Japan
Transit type People mover
Number of lines 1
Number of stations 2
Operation
Began operation 1992-12-06
Operator(s) Narita International Airport Corporation
Technical
System length 279 m (915 ft)
Shuttle of Narita Turminal 2 200507-2.jpg
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The Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System (成田空港第2ターミナルシャトルシステム Narita Kūkō Dai-ni Tāminaru Shatoru Shisutemu?) is an automated people mover used in Narita International Airport, Narita, Japan. This system started its operation on December 6, 1992.

Narita International Airport, the international airport of the Greater Tokyo Area, opened the current Terminal 2 in 1992, as well as the shuttle system. The shuttle links the main building of the terminal and its satellite, 279 m away. The whole ride takes a minute, and is free of charge.

The system is made by Nippon Otis Elevator, a company specialized in elevators and escalators. As a matter of fact, it is technically (and legally) not a railway, but a horizontal elevator; cars are attached to a cable that moves them, like a funicular. These cars do not have wheels; instead, they float on a 0.2-millimetre layer of pressured air. This was the first use of such a system to be used in an airport, as well as the first in Japan.

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