This is the new Frankfurt Terminal Shuttle

To the new Terminal 3, a 5.6-kilometre-long railway will run track. Now the airport of Frankfurt has determined who will build the Shuttle.

In five years, it is ready. Then will be opened in Frankfurt, the new Terminal 3. It includes a Passenger terminal with two gates and 24 Gates with passenger boarding bridges. The extension creates an additional capacity of 14 million passengers a year. Only one drawback the Whole. For the expansion of space was found only far away from the existing Terminals 1 and 2. Terminal 3 is constructed only 2.6 kilometers away, in the South of the airport site.

It also needs a quick transport option. First, the Frankfurt airport is considered to extend the existing high line Skyline, connecting the Terminals 1 and 2. "Today's train, however, is focused on transit. Also Arriving by train can use the new System to the Terminal 3, and no capacity problems, was chosen the Option to implement a parallel transport system with a completely new route," says the airport operator Fraport decision.

Up to 4000 passengers per hour

Now it has been determined who will build the new train to Terminal 3, which is partly run as a high-railway, partly on the ground floor. A consortium of Siemens, the construction company Max Bögl and the rail operator Keolis have been awarded the contract, writes the airport in a message from Tuesday (20. April). He is a 300 million Euro of value.

In the summer of 2018, the construction goes. 2023 the 5.6-kilometre-long rail link will be ready. Then all of the two minutes will start driving at peak times, a runaway train, takes eight minutes for the journey. With a speed of up to 80 kilometers per hour, the trains will carry a total of up to 4000 people every hour between Terminals 1, 2 and 3. In total there will be twelve Trains.

You can see in the above image gallery shots and overview of plans for the new Terminal Shuttles.

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