[PRCo] Re: quick reply...Ground transportation at airports..
Fred Schneider
fwschneider at comcast.net
Mon Aug 27 22:17:52 EDT 2007
That opens up a whole new arena. I was only counting mainline
railroads. In the U. S. the only one I can think of to airports is
SEPTA in Philadelphia. However, there is a connection from Dallas-
Fort Worth to the commuter trains between the two cities.
But if you want to count light rail and subways to airports: MBTA to
Logan in Boston, BART as you mentioned, The Green Line to the
perimeter of LAX with a bus connection, Cleveland Rapid to the
Cleveland Airport, the Baltimore Light Rail to the old Friendship
Airport, WMATA to Washington National (I know, but I don't like
calling it Reagan) and eventually to Dulles, the Minneapolis Light
Rail actual provides an inter-terminal shuttle, a light rail line is
being built to SEATAC airport between Seattle and Tacoma, DART to the
Dallas airport is on the drawing board.
If you wish to go to Europe: Geneva was building a trolley
extension. London Heathrow has both the Picadilly Underground and a
railroad line to Paddington station. The Athens, Greece airport is
on the No. 3 metro line. Berline-Schoenefeld airport is served by
metro; none of the others are. Copenhagen's airport is on the No. 2
metro line. Hamburg has a bus connection from two different subway
lines. Madrid's airport is on the No. 8 metro line. New Castle,
England's Tynbe Wear Metro's Green Line serves their airport.
Nürnberg's U2 line goes to the Flughafen (flight harbor). The
purple subway line in Porto, Portugal goes to Aeroporto.
Hannover I forgot before, it's on the S-Bahn 4 line. (S-Bahn
standing for commuter rail.) Paris apparently also has an RER
commuter line B connecting both Orley and Charles DeGaule airports
with downtown Paris. I also missed Vienna (Wien) before, the S Bahn
No. 7 line services the airport.
No, guys, I'm not a damned expert. I just know where to look.
There is a great website of world metro systems. Open the link
below and you can browse maps all night. You might just wish to
bookmark it.
http://www.amadeus.net/home/new/subwaymaps/en/index.htm
On Aug 27, 2007, at 7:45 PM, robert simpson wrote:
> At San Francisco Airport (SFO), the Bay Area Rapit Transit (BART)
> now has a connection in the terminal. Took many years and at least
> three Voter Initiatives to get the Stupidvisors to get the point
> that the people wanted a terminal inside the terminal - not just
> someplace somewhat close to the outer boundary. BART offers a
> shuttle service to Oakland Airport but have no knowledge if this is
> very popular with travelers.
>
> Bob Simpson
> from California
>
> Derrick J Brashear <shadow at dementia.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, John Swindler wrote:
>
>> At Gatwick, the first ground transportation one encounters is the
>> train
>> station. Not the rental car agencies, not the airport parking lot,
>> not the
>> limo and taxi service to London. And yes, besides the Gatwick
>> Express,
>> Southcentral trains runs about four times per hour between
>> Brighton and
>> Victoria. Some of this might be run-through service via Thameslink to
>> Bedford on old Midland line out of St. Pancras. But we wanted the
>> once an
>> hour service to Southampton to connect with trains out of Waterloo to
>> Bournemouth.
>
> In Stockholm Arlanda, "just go downstairs" and get on the train.
>
> Other than Arlanda Express there is only limited service but it
> exists.
>
>> Manchester also has airport train service.
>>
>> In US, only Newark comes to mind as having a semi intercity train
>> connection. Meaning that a people mover connection is necessary.
>
> Given the state of intercity rail outside the NEC no one would care
> elsewhere anyway.
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