Which is faster to Dulles C/D Gates: AeroTrain or People Movers?
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Which is faster to Dulles C/D Gates: AeroTrain or People Movers?
I fly out of IAD often and I swear that People Movers are faster than the AeroTrain, even to C Gates.
What's your opinion?
I say People Mover as they leave in 4 minutes or less and go right to D terminal. So even if walking to C it's faster than all those escalators down to AeroTrain, wait for it, and long walk to C from the stop.
Last edited by wayan; Apr 21, 2015 at 10:14 am
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The walk at the C end tips thd balance to the people mover for most gates. The lower C gates are faster by train.
High D gates - people mover
Low D, High C - usually people mover unless you walk very fast
Low C - train
High D gates - people mover
Low D, High C - usually people mover unless you walk very fast
Low C - train
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People movers are faster - especially when you can't get down the escalator and watch the trains come and go and lose that time.
You lose a lot of minutes on those long ramps to the train, too.
I would take the people mover over train bet to anywhere in the airport, too.
You lose a lot of minutes on those long ramps to the train, too.
I would take the people mover over train bet to anywhere in the airport, too.
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Let's seek the help of the readers of the Washington, D.C. forum. I'll move this there. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.
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Just about the only good thing I can say about the IAD trains is that they have like 8 escalators feeding the platform. If there's someone blocking one, choose a different one (or yell "move to the side, please," which I have had to do in ORD getting down to the tunnel between B & C).
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People Movers between the Main Terminal and the D Concourse run about every 4 minutes during busier times, and as much as 7-8 minutes apart at slower times.
People Movers between the D and the A Concourses run as often as 4 minutes apart during busier times, stretching to 8 minutes at slower times. At the slowest times of the day, they don't run at all.
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My wife is flying alone out of Dulles soon.. she's kind of a nervous flyer and rarely flies without me... she will be flying from IAD to CHS so regional jet, most likely from concourse D.. she has pre-check, but what's faster- the train or people movers?
thanks
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My wife is flying alone out of Dulles soon.. she's kind of a nervous flyer and rarely flies without me... she will be flying from IAD to CHS so regional jet, most likely from concourse D.. she has pre-check, but what's faster- the train or people movers?
thanks
FDW
thanks
FDW