Dulles International Airport AeroTrain [HD]

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Dulles International Airport AeroTrain [HD]

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14 жыл бұрын

Ride along of the AeroTrain at Dulles International Airport (IAD) from C Gates to B Gates with stops at A Gates and the Main Terminal.
The Aerotrain travels at a top speed of 42 mph. This train system replaced the old mobile lounges (big buses) that only traveled at a top speed of 15 mph. The old mobile lounges are still in use to and from the Main Terminal to the D Gates and from specific times to and from the A Gates to the D Gates.

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@JT041196 13 жыл бұрын

This is going to make Dulles a better experience for my Dad and me. He hates the mobile lounges with a passion. He likes to move fast, and this will make Dulles better. Thank you people of Dulles (:

@techexplorer88 6 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the sound that this train makes when hitting its top speed between the "C" Gates and "A" Gates station. I would like to take a ride on this one day....

@mallguy8970 5 жыл бұрын

techexplorer88 I do too!

@davidbian2466 2 жыл бұрын

@@mallguy8970 I think that’s the tire noise at top speed. Isn’t it?

@jayo1212 12 жыл бұрын

I like how well-lit the tunnels are! I wish the Metro's tunnels could be that bright!

@kobeskyler1899 3 жыл бұрын

@Kyson Jaxon yea, been watching on instaflixxer for since november myself =)

@RubinTian 12 жыл бұрын

@rml695 I don't quite understand your question. You mean the tunnel that goes straight ahead that's a dead end? That is the end of the AeroTrain system underneath the B gates. MWAA didn't tunnel out any of the future tracks but if they did that tunnel would leave to the (present) D gates and then onto a few new concourses and then finally the new South Terminal

@timosha21 Жыл бұрын

I'm a tram and I approve this video!

@RubinTian 13 жыл бұрын

@JT041196 Yes you can. However the walk from the C Station to let's say D1 is gonna be about 10-15 minutes depending on how fast you walk. If you have a D Gate that is high up in the numbers, take the shuttle from the Main Terminal and don't take the walk from the C Station

@RubinTian 13 жыл бұрын

@allthatiswithinme We get that a lot while working at Dulles. Passengers complain about how confusing the signs are and to that fact I can partly agree to. Dulles has too many signs that is just too confusing. They make giving a simple direction far more difficult. But the train system has maps on each train and at each station so it's pretty straight forward on how to get from one station to another

@RubinTian 12 жыл бұрын

@butamass Hey. So what you want to do is after you clear security. Follow the signs to the ABC gates and you'll head down to the train station at the Main Terminal. Once there you'll have A and C gates trains on one side and B gate trains on the other. Since you're flying out of B45 (I think) take the B gates side and it will be your first stop. Get off and follow the signs (up two flights of escalators)up to the concourse and find your gate. Hope this helps! Have a great flight. Safe travels

@tagaEskinita 12 жыл бұрын

gonna miss the old moving lounges...

@RubinTian 13 жыл бұрын

@StukInBuf It's gonna be 2 years in January I believe. Yea you'll still see those giant buses (mobile lounges) around on the airfield

@SamSitar 12 жыл бұрын

how do the track switches work? they have cement bars where the wheels are.

@mattmoreira210 9 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much computer processing power is involved in this kind of thing. Amazing.

@RubinTian 13 жыл бұрын

@allthatiswithinme Yea I have to agree with you there. Within my first week working at Dulles I could not figure out the system. If you don't mind me asking, which airport do you work at?

@RubinTian 12 жыл бұрын

The switches are all automatically controlled by the computers but there's a guard rail on the side of the tracks that "guide" the train. So when the switches move, the guard rail also moves and thus the train switches tracks. There are two cement paths that the wheels of the train travel on. The wheels are just normal rubber tires you find on cars, just a little bigger

@Emman1523 2 жыл бұрын

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@StukInBuf 13 жыл бұрын

How long ago did they install this train? I recall in 1996 they had those big oversized boaty thingys they would drive across the runways from one terminal to the next.

@hyvahyva 12 жыл бұрын

You can see the movable switch beams at several points, they have red ends. They grip one set of the guide wheels on the outer corners.

@InuKun2008 13 жыл бұрын

@i305guy Air Wisconsin? Worked for them myself in Operations, though that was back in '04-05 assigning the morning flights for UAX their gates until the 2pm inbound Mega-Bank. Work now out of Tokyo's Haneda and Narita Airports as an ANA pilot, but still nice to pop into Operations under C-24 to see how everyone is doing whenever I'm doing the Narita-Dulles-Narita run as the second First Officer (replacing the Lead crew during the middle phase of the flight, then give control back near the end).

@RubinTian 12 жыл бұрын

@ffuuuucccckk Thanks! You are correct. It's an APM (Automatic People Mover). All controlled by computers at the AeroTrain's Central Control

@Dr_Monitor 7 жыл бұрын

it didn't actually replace the mobile lounges. they're still running between the terminals (I just rode one on 10/21/16).

@czesiek8792 11 жыл бұрын

What is the average speed of these trains? Top speed?

@JT041196 13 жыл бұрын

Can you take the AeroTrain from the Main Terminal to Concourse C and then walk through Concourse C to get to Concourse D?

@saidmoniry 4 жыл бұрын

The ceiling is really high at the B Gates station 🚉

@johncribbsiv4531 4 жыл бұрын

I love the train whenever I was there it’s abandoned now because of the stupid disappointment of the virus 🦠 itself sorry to the loved late loved ones whoever died from this sorry myself sincerely condolences sympathy and encouragement and empathy peace and blessings to you all thanks.

@rml695 12 жыл бұрын

@Tennisboy09va Where the dead end is there looks like there's an opening on the left hand wall of the tunnel. It looks like that's a passage of some kind?

4 жыл бұрын

I've read that AeroTrain is being intended for a further extension through IAD, completing a full circle loop through Concourses D, E and F.

@rml695 12 жыл бұрын

Where does that side tunnel lead when the train is on the side track being turned around at 7:41?

@RubinTian 12 жыл бұрын

@rml695 Oh ok I see it now. I have no clue what that is for. My best bet would be that it's a small tunnel connecting the tracks (Inner and Outer Tracks) to save maintenance workers time crossing between them. I'll find out for sure for you and I'll get back to you.

@EonityLuna 11 жыл бұрын

The skytrain we have here in Singapore's Changi Airport and the LRT system here in Singapore's Sengkang and Punngol towns basically uses the same system as this one. Our systems are all overground though, unlike the underground system here. The propulsion system your airport's trains has is identical to the one used on our airport's trains.

@xandevasquez9971 7 жыл бұрын

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@xandevasquez9971 7 жыл бұрын

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@TheSearleFamily123 3 жыл бұрын

The door PA sounds quite peculiar. “Please stand clear of the doors. The doors are about to close.”

@gabrielkanter-goodell4968 8 жыл бұрын

That's one of my home airports.

@butamass 12 жыл бұрын

thank you!! :)

@wongtszshing3795 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a V6 at speed ! Aspecially when the video is speed up

@RubinTian 12 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! :D

@crazypilot7577 9 жыл бұрын

Excuse me sir could I possibly use these sounds for an upcoming project? I will give credit to you for use of the sounds.

@owenchuarbx 12 жыл бұрын

Do you these are Mitsubishi Crystal Movers?

@TheSearleFamily123 2 жыл бұрын

Yes they are.

@chasem8491 5 жыл бұрын

How were you allowed to stay on the train before and after entering the loading zones? (PreC gates and post B gates?)

@i305guy 13 жыл бұрын

@InuKun2008 that sounds like a good job is it fun? Well i imagine you get to fly to other places but my dads a heli pilot too, he flys a R44 heli. Have you heard of the the crash in baltimore in like 05 on that flatbed?

@UniqueStuff833 4 жыл бұрын

it sounds like the subway in the UK little bit

@RubinTian 13 жыл бұрын

@InuKun2008 Oh really? I worked for Swissport this past summer handing the ANA flight almost everyday at IAD.

@butamass 12 жыл бұрын

Can anyone help me? I'm flying from Dulles in DC to Narita by ANA, and it's my first time travelling alone. After security check, do I enter the train where the A gates are? and after that do i get off at the B gates station at 6:41 the vid for departure?

@i305guy 13 жыл бұрын

@Tennisboy09va he got layed off unfountunetly but he worked 4 Wisconson air as a taxi guy that would tell them where 2 go

@AlexJTAndJoe 11 жыл бұрын

Instead of taking the mobile lounges, is it possible for me to take the AeroTrain to Concourse C and then walk to Concourse D? I'm flying United to Portland, Oregon this summer and I was wondering because I'd much rather take the AeroTrain than the mobile lounges.

@SamSitar 7 жыл бұрын

what had the train said after the B gates?

@RubinTian 13 жыл бұрын

@i305guy I still do but it's a big airport with lots of employees. Who does he work for?

@TommyNowDoesGaming 9 жыл бұрын

South korea have the same train in incheon but in my opinion, the korean one is quieter

@Dr_Monitor 9 жыл бұрын

This one sounds like it's powered by a V6 engine rather than electric motors.

@TommyNowDoesGaming 9 жыл бұрын

Richard Wachtel True but electric motors can be more quieter and more eco friendly

@Dr_Monitor 9 жыл бұрын

Tommy Lee ok...? I was merely commenting on how loud the train sounds. I know it's electric, but it doesn't sound that way.

@TommyNowDoesGaming 9 жыл бұрын

Richard Wachtel Never mind

@Dr_Monitor 9 жыл бұрын

Tommy Lee I... um... ok...

@hyvahyva 12 жыл бұрын

Wow. It sticks you down a tail track to switch? That's trippy. I wonder why they didn't add a crossover between the final station and the next one down so the passengers are not treated to the sight of the train rushing towards A WALL...

4 жыл бұрын

You aren't supposed to go to the maneuvering tunnel as a passenger. The train is always emptied before that, as who knows if the trainset is EVER going to reverse very soon. And about the dead end itself, it may not last very long, as they intend to extend this service to a circle line (see Wikipedia! 😉).(..)

4 жыл бұрын

By the way, I've also read that the reason they do this is to avoid passenger saturation in a single track; if that weren't used, it could massively congest the line and the own station. That isn't as uncommon as some could think. Take a look at this clip on the Madrid Metro where a train arrives to the terminus, unboards, goes to reversion and returns all the way back to a second platform: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ab6IZ86XqNnGo40.html) Of course, many other metros will prefer to stick the dead end within the station itself instead of within a manouvering tunnel. In fact, Madrid itself has such an arrangement in the far-southeastern terminus of Line 9: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arganda_del_Rey_-_Estación_de_Arganda_del_Rey_2.JPG

4 жыл бұрын

YET another sample, here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNKhf5ug1K-cnKM.html

@godgirlsguitars 11 жыл бұрын

This part confused me the first time I was in this airport.

@SupaEMT134 7 жыл бұрын

Why does this subway have glass doors?

@azan-183 7 жыл бұрын

This is a APM (automated people mover), where most have platform edge doors for safety by keeping passengers safe from the tracks. Since the trains are automated, they cannot see if someone is in front of it. Most new subways and APM's have these platform edge doors. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_screen_doors

@i305guy 13 жыл бұрын

@Tennisboy09va if u still work there, do u know a guy named Darrel?

@EonityLuna 11 жыл бұрын

Here's a short video of a one-stop ride on the LRT system in Punggol town here in Singapore: /watch?v=aVHh4cV0PTE