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People mover
A people mover or automated people mover is a fully automated, grade-separated mass transit system.The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks, but is sometimes applied to considerably more complex automated...
system at Kansai International Airport
Kansai International Airport
is an international airport located on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, southwest of Ōsaka Station, located within three municipalities, including Izumisano , Sennan , and Tajiri , in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The airport is off the Honshu shore. The airport serves as an...
in Osaka
Osaka Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The system opened on September 4, 1994, with the opening of the airport itself. The driverless people mover
People mover
A people mover or automated people mover is a fully automated, grade-separated mass transit system.The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks, but is sometimes applied to considerably more complex automated...
lines link the main terminal building and the tips of two wings. All the stations are equipped with platform screen doors
Platform screen doors
Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...
. Unlike the wheel-less Terminal 2 Shuttle System
Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System
The 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...
in Narita International Airport
Narita International Airport
is an international airport serving the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is located east of Tokyo Station and east-southeast of Narita Station in the city of Narita, and the adjacent town of Shibayama....
, the system in Kansai is a conventional people mover with wheels. Cars operate roughly once every 2 minutes and each route is 545m long.
Lines and stations
There are two lines, each running on the North Wing and the South Wing. Both lines have two services; one each terminates at midways, another each terminates at tips. Stations of two lines share same names, although all of them are different stations.| | Station name | | Japanese | | To Midway | | To Terminal | | Gates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Wing | ||||
| Shuttle Station | 本館駅 | + | + | 16, 101 to 103 |
| Midway Station | 中間駅 | + | - | 1 to 3, 12 to 15 |
| Terminal Station | 先端駅 | + | 4 to 11 | |
| South Wing | ||||
| Shuttle Station | 本館駅 | + | + | 26, 27, 41, 111 to 113 |
| Midway Station | 中間駅 | + | - | 28, 29, 38 to 40 |
| Terminal Station | 先端駅 | + | 30 to 37 | |
- Cars stop at stations signed "+", skip at "-".