Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System

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) was an automated people mover used in Narita International Airport, Narita, Chiba Japan. The system operated between December 6, 1992 and 2013.

Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System
The Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System in March 2008 with a Malaysian airline aircraft behind
Overview
LocaleTerminal 2 of Narita International Airport, Narita, Japan
Transit typePeople mover
Number of lines1
Number of stations2
Operation
Began operation6 December 1992
Ended operation27 September 2013
Operator(s)Narita International Airport Corporation
Technical
System length279 m (915 ft)

History

The Shuttle System opened in 1992 with the opening of Terminal 2 of Narita International Airport, the international airport serving the Greater Tokyo Area. The shuttle linked the main building of the terminal and its satellite, 279 metres away. The whole ride took a minute, and was free of charge.

The system was made by Nippon Otis Elevator, a company specialising in elevators and escalators. It was technically (and legally) not a railway, but a horizontal elevator; cars were attached to a cable that moved them, like a funicular. The cars did not have wheels; instead, they floated on a 0.2-mm layer of compressed air. This was the first use of such a system to be used in an airport, as well as the first in Japan.

A new walkway between the main and satellite buildings had opened on September 27, 2013, whereafter the people mover ceased operations.[1] The space formerly used by the shuttle was converted into moving walkways and shops.

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