LINK Train
| LINK Train | |||
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LINK train approaching Terminal 1 Station in 2012
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| Overview | |||
| Type | People mover | ||
| Status | Operational | ||
| Locale | Toronto Pearson International Airport, Mississauga, Canada | ||
| Termini | Terminal 1 Viscount |
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| Stations | 3 | ||
| Services | 1 | ||
| Daily ridership | 17,000 (2012) | ||
| Operation | |||
| Opened | July 6, 2006 | ||
| Owner | Greater Toronto Airport Authority | ||
| Operator(s) | Greater Toronto Airport Authority | ||
| Character | Elevated | ||
| Rolling stock | DCC Cable Liner | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 1.47 km (0.91 mi) | ||
| Track length | 1.46 km (0.91 mi) | ||
| Number of tracks | 2 parallel shuttles | ||
| Track gauge | Automated guideway transit | ||
| Electrification | 36 mm Cable Propelled Transit | ||
| Operating speed | 43.2 km/h (26.84 mph) | ||
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The LINK Train is an automated people mover (APM) at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The wheelchair-accessible train runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is completely free-of-charge to ride. In 2012, it transported 17,000 passengers daily, 60- to 70% of whom were airport staff.
The original proposal for an automated people mover system at Pearson Airport was submitted in May 2002. Six months later, on November 15, 2002, a $55-million contract was signed with DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car GmbH of Wolfurt, Austria, followed by four years of construction, and the system opened to the public on July 6, 2006. The new service initially operating alongside its predecessor, the LINK shuttle bus system.
The system cost $150 million.
The LINK Train uses a pair of Cable Liner trains. They use a cable-hauled, drive and tension system. Each train has capacity for 175 passengers with baggage (25 per car: 17 standing, 8 seated) or 2,500 passengers per hour per direction (pphpd).
The two trains, plus a small work car, cost a total of $56 million CAD when delivered. They were refurbished in 2013, and received a new paint scheme, new seats, and a seventh car (they were originally delivered and used as six-car trains).
The two fully elevated lines, running side-by-side, are 1.46 kilometres (0.91 mi) long, reach a maximum speed of 43.2 kilometres per hour (26.8 mph)., and have a travel time of three minutes one way. They serve a total of three stations:
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