The Dubai International Airport Automated People Mover is a driverless
people mover
A people mover or automated people mover (APM) is a type of small scale automated guideway transit system. The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks. ...
located within
Dubai International Airport
Dubai International Airport ( ar, مطار دبي الدولي) is the primary international airport serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic. It is also the nineteenth-busies ...
. It operates in two "segments" within Terminal 3 and Concourse A & B, often referred to as the Terminal 3 APM, and between Terminals 1 and Concourse D will referred to as the Terminal 1 APM.
Terminal 3 APM
The first segment runs between the
Terminal 3 and the
Airbus A380
The Airbus A380 is a large wide-body airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and only full-length double-deck jet airliner.
Airbus studies started in 1988, and the project was annou ...
dedicated Concourse A. The segment transports departing passengers to their A380 gates, and transports arriving passengers to the passport and immigration section of
Terminal 3.
These segment use Mitsubishi
Crystal Mover
The Crystal Mover is a rubber-tired automated people mover (APM) system for airport and light rail applications manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Mihara, Japan. The Crystal Mover, initially based on the Japanese APM standard, is us ...
system and opened since January 2013.
Terminal 1 APM
The second segment of the system runs from the
Terminal 1 to Concourse D. These segment will use
Bombardier Innovia APM 300.
Dubai Airport Terminal 1 APM
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Passenger rail transport in the United Arab Emirates
Airport people mover systems
Dubai International Airport