IAD tunnel to Concourse B opening
Oct 28, 2004 | 10:52 am
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IAD tunnel to Concourse B opening
The new moving-sidewalk pedestrian tunnel connecting the Main Terminal and Concourse B is scheduled to open on Friday, November 19. There will be escalators and elevators at both ends of course. This will eventually replace the moon-buggy rides to B, but the phaseout schedule on that is yet to be determinaed.
Nov 4, 2004 | 5:52 am
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Originally Posted by slawecki
Have to provide some kind of sealed/secure transport for quaranteened passengers to make their way to customs/immigration. Replace the people movers with busses?
Nov 4, 2004 | 12:45 pm
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Originally Posted by House
I'm assuming that they will keep the people movers for international arrivals - Concourse B is pretty much designed around them (with the sterile corridors leading to regular bus boarding points).
Nov 17, 2004 | 1:07 pm
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Tunnel to B opening 11/19 5AM
Got a behind-the-scenes tour of the new tunnel this morning. (Looks a lot like the tunnel from Garage 1 to the Main Terminal.) Long escalators (4 at each end, but a couple at the B end won't be ready for the opening), elevators too, and 3 moving sidewalk sections in each direction.
Access at the B end will be where the mobile lounges used to dock, roughly between gates B32 and B35 - right next to California Pizza Kitchen.
Access at the B end will be where the mobile lounges used to dock, roughly between gates B32 and B35 - right next to California Pizza Kitchen.
Nov 20, 2004 | 8:10 am
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Originally Posted by alvn
So, has the tunnel actually opened?
Thanks.
Thanks.