An Adtranz C-100 vehicle approaches the Terminal station
Overview
Locale
London Stansted Airport, Essex, England, UK
Transit type
Automated guideway transit/People mover
Number of lines
1
Number of stations
3
Daily ridership
36,000
Annual ridership
11.5 million
Website
Stansted Airport Terminal Guide
Operation
Began operation
1991
Operator(s)
Stansted Airport Limited
Character
Elevated (Main Terminal) Underground (Gates 1-39)
Rolling stock
5 × Adtranz C-100 4 × Adtranz CX-100
Number of vehicles
8 in normal operation; 9 in total
Technical
System length
2 miles (3.2 km)
Electrification
Third rail
System map
Depot
2. Gates 20-39
Main Terminal
1. Gates 1-19
The Stansted Airport Track Transit System (TTS) is a fully automated people mover system which operates within London Stansted Airport in the United Kingdom.[1]
The transit system conveys air travellers between the main airport terminal and the departure/arrival gates, which are located some distance from the main terminal in satellite buildings. The system operates exclusively "airside", meaning that it can only be accessed by passengers who have first passed through airport security. The transit is provided free of charge, with easy access for disabled passengers and is fully electric, much less polluting than the diesel buses that serve the car parks and remote aircraft stands.[2][3]
It is planned to close and demolish the Stansted TTS in the spring of 2026 as part of a redevelopment project, and replace the transit system with pedestrian bridges.[4]
^"24. BAA Stansted, Airport Transit System, TTS – The Track Transit System" (PDF). Cambridge University/BAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
^"In The Terminal". Stansted Airport website. The Manchester Airports Group plc. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
^Simons, Graham; Bowman, Martin W. (2011). London's Airports. Casemate Publishers. pp. 135–6. ISBN 9781848843943. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
^Morby, Aaron. "Plan in for Stansted airport terminal extension". Construction Enquirer. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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