Denver International Airport Automated Guideway Transit System - Layout and Operation

Layout and Operation

Located within the secure areas of the airport, the AGTS utilizes two mile-long tunnels traveling underneath the aircraft taxiways. Four stations exist, serving each airside concourse (Concourses A, B, and C) and the Terminal (which serves Ground Transportation and Baggage Claim). While it is possible to walk from the main terminal to Concourse A via a pedestrian bridge over the taxiway, the train is the only way for the public to access Concourses B and C.

Each station features an island platform configuration, and is equipped with platform screen doors. The Terminal station, the southernmost station, also features additional outboard platforms at each track. In accordance with the Spanish solution, when a train arrives at the Terminal, the outboard doors open first to allow arriving passengers to exit. The inboard doors then open, allowing departing passengers to board. Currently, all trains use the west platform in the Terminal station, and the east platform is not used for passenger service, and is only occasionally used to store non-operating trains. At the Terminal station, trains reverse direction, and use a switch at a crossover located just north of the station to switch into the northbound tunnel.

The system also includes a maintenance facility, which is located just beyond the Concourse C station.

Since Denver International Airport was designed based upon the layout of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the AGTS's layout is nearly identical to the layout of The Plane Train.