FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Arrivals airport terminal train now packed full
Old Jul 24, 2016, 11:55 pm
  #7  
ailiton
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Programs: AC*E50K, CX Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 295
Originally Posted by rkkwan
The whole train setup is so inefficient. Even before the opening of the the mid-field concourse, why would T2-T1-Gate40/60 requires a switch of train, despite the three being in the straight line?

And what makes most sense is a circular track (or one with a dead-end reverse cross-over track), so trains can operate in a continuous loop at much higher frequency. All it requires is to have one or two staff to make sure all departure passengers get off at the 200 gates; and all arrival passengers get off at T1 arrivals immigration.
This is already how it works. On the arrival side of the track, once a train has arrived at east hall, it would be cleared out, turned around in the tunnel, and become a train on the departure side.
ailiton is offline