AirTrain (San Francisco International Airport)

AirTrain
Background
Owner	San Francisco Airports Commission
Locale	San Francisco International Airport
Transit type	People mover, Airport rail link
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	9
Daily ridership	123,000
Operation
Operator(s)	San Francisco Airports Commission
Number of vehicles	38 Bombardier Innovia APM 100 people mover vehicles
Technical
System length	6 mi (10 km)
Track gauge	Rubber-tyred
System map Terminal 2 Terminal 3 Terminal 1 Int'l Terminal G Int'l Terminal A Garage G Garage A West Field Road Rental Car Center US 101 Millbrae

AirTrain is a fully automated people mover at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The system was built by Bombardier at a cost of US $430 million, and opened on February 24, 2003. The trains operate 24 hours a day on two separate lines, covering a total of six miles (10 kilometres).

The entire AirTrain fleet is wheelchair accessible and allows rented moving carts on board. The system is composed of 38 Innovia APM 100 cars built by Bombardier of Montreal, Canada. People movers using Innovia APM 100 cars can also be found at Tampa, Denver, Atlanta, Seattle-Tacoma, Houston, and Madrid International Airports.

Lines and stations

System map inside AirTrain car

AirTrain interior

AirTrain operates on two lines—Red Line and Blue Line—both of which run every 2½ minutes. The Red Line travels in a clockwise loop, beginning with Garage G station and ending with Garage A station, which takes about 9 minutes to complete. The Blue Line travels in a counterclockwise loop, serving the same stations in reverse order, and also proceeding to West Field Road and the Rental Car Center, which takes 19 minutes for a round trip.

Alternatively, passengers may walk around the terminal loop instead of riding AirTrain, which takes about 25 minutes by foot; however, passengers must ride AirTrain to access the Rental Car Center.

AirTrain does not provide access to SFO's long-term parking garage and lots; instead, passengers must take a free shuttle bus between the airport terminals and the long-term parking areas. The end of the track past the Rental Car Center station is only about six hundred yards away from the airport's long-term parking garage, and the system may be extended to the garage in the future if the funds necessary for construction can be raised.

SFO's AirTrain is free of charge.

Station	Lines	Notes
Garage A	Red Line Blue Line	International parking
International Terminal A	Red Line Blue Line	Boarding Area A (Gates A1-A12)
Terminal 1	Red Line Blue Line	Domestic parking Boarding Area B (Gates 20-36) Boarding Area C (Gates 40-48)
Terminal 2	Red Line Blue Line	Domestic parking Boarding Area D (Gates 50-59) Airport medical clinic located on lower level
Terminal 3	Red Line Blue Line	Domestic parking Boarding Area E (Gates 60-67) Boarding Area F (Gates 68-90)
International Terminal G	Red Line Blue Line	Boarding Area G (Gates G91-G102)
Garage G / BART	Red Line Blue Line	International parking Transfer to Bay Area Rapid Transit at Airport BART Station Transfer to Caltrain at Millbrae Station via BART
West Field Road	Blue Line	Cargo airline facilities U.S. Post Office
Rental Car Center	Blue Line	Access to most car rental companies Transfer to shuttle to additional off-airport rental companies

The AirTrain stations at the International Terminal are located one level above ticketing, at both ends of the main hall. Stations at Terminals 1, 2, and 3 are located on level 5 of the domestic parking garage.

See also

• Airport rail link
• AirTrain JFK

References

• "AirTrain". San Francisco International Airport. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-16. 
• "Welcome Aboard SFO's AirTrain" (PDF). San Francisco International Airport. Archived from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-31. 
• "Bombardier CX-100 APM System - San Francisco International Airport, USA". Bombardier. Retrieved 2007-05-31.