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"Iain Hendry" <militaryduckjock@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:H5pMAM.Dqw@lugnet.com...
> "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message
> news:H5F8uH.HHJ@lugnet.com...
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> > Interesting idea. It reminds me of the airport train in Dallas TX, not
> > really a train, more of a automated bus running on a hotwheels track. It • is
> > a rough ride for sure.
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> I was actually really dissapointed with DFW's AirTrain. Certainly ahead • of
> it's time, with more than 30 stations and trains following different • routes
> on the same guideway, but when I wanted to simply "go around once" it took
> almost an hour.
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> I can't imagine the frustration people must have doing connecting flights.
> They'd get on it and it goes off in a tunnel and parks for half an hour. • We
> passed two or three trains under the terminals, where the train had just
> gone off in the corner to sulk leaving the stranded people to bang on the
> window as we slinked past.
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> Iain
Which is exactly why they are building a new one. The new one (which you
can see under construction really well from a plane taxiing down the runway)
is elevated above the terminal and follows the concourse. It is my
understanding that it will also go both directions (unlike the current
solution). I fly through DFW frequently and find it faster to walk even
when arriving at the A concourse and departing from the far end of the C
concourse.
Mike
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| "Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:H5qI98.C9z@lugnet.com... (...) runway) (...) But Innovia is weird. It looks a bit like an unhappy toaster traversing a roadway made of biscuits. *sigh* and AirTrain used to be painted a (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:H5F8uH.HHJ@lugnet.com... (...) is (...) I was actually really dissapointed with DFW's AirTrain. Certainly ahead of it's time, with more than 30 stations and trains following different (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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