Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System
{{Short description|Former Airport People Mover at Narita Airport, Japan}}
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{{Infobox public transit
| name = Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System
| image = OTIS-Narita.jpeg
| imagesize = 300px
| caption = The Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System in March 2008 with a Malaysian airline aircraft behind
| locale = Terminal 2 of Narita International Airport, Narita, Japan
| transit_type = People mover
| began_operation = 6 December 1992
| ended_operation = 27 September 2013
| system_length = {{convert|279|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| lines = 1
| stations = 2
| operator = Narita International Airport Corporation
}}
The {{nihongo|Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System|成田空港第2ターミナルシャトルシステム|Narita Kūkō Dai-ni Tāminaru Shatoru Shisutemu}} was an automated people mover used in Narita International Airport, Narita, Chiba Japan. The system operated between 1992 and 2013.
History
The Shuttle System opened in 1992 with the opening of Terminal 2 of Narita International Airport, the international airport serving the Greater Tokyo Area. The shuttle linked the main building of the terminal and its satellite, 279 metres away. The whole ride took a minute, and was free of charge.
The system was made by Nippon Otis Elevator, a company specialising in elevators and escalators. It was technically (and legally) not a railway, but a horizontal elevator; cars were attached to a cable that moved them, like a funicular. The cars did not have wheels; instead, they floated on a 0.2-mm layer of compressed air. This was the first use of such a system to be used in an airport, as well as the first in Japan.{{Citation needed|date=November 2016}}
A new walkway between the main and satellite buildings had opened on September 27, 2013, whereafter the people mover ceased operations.{{Cite web | url=http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG2004H_Q3A920C1CC1000/ |title = 成田空港に新連絡通路が完成| date=21 September 2013 }} The space formerly used by the shuttle was converted into moving walkways and shops.
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/ Narita International Airport official website]
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Category:Airport people mover systems
Category:Narita International Airport
Category:People mover systems in Japan
Category:Funicular railways in Japan
Category:1992 establishments in Japan
Category:2013 disestablishments in Japan
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