Siemens Mobility Present first vehicle for New Sky Line

Sky Line people mover was presented at Frankfurt Airport. This new transportation system will link Terminal 3 with the existing terminals. The first of a total of 12 such vehicles has now been supplied from Siemens Mobility’s factory in Vienna, and Executive Board Chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte of Fraport AG presented it to the public today. On hand were also Albrecht Neumann, CEO of Rolling Stock at Siemens Mobility, and Stefan Bögl, CEO of the Max Bögl group. Over the next few weeks, the vehicle will be prepared for its first test trips, which are scheduled to take place in 2023. The new Sky Line supplements the existing transportation system that passengers have been using for many years to get between Terminals 1 and 2. The new driverless system will provide sufficient capacity to carry up to 4,000 persons an hour in each direction to and from them and Terminal 3. It will operate fully automatically around the clock. Each of the 12 planned vehicles will consist of two permanently linked cars, each of which is 11 meters and 2.8 meters wide and weighs 15 metric tons. One car of each vehicle will be reserved for non-Schengen travelers.
Siemens is manufacturing the vehicles of the new Sky Line people mover to meet Fraport AG’s special requirements. These include a large number of folding seats to ensure that passengers always have enough space for their luggage, as well as specially designed grab bars that allow greater freedom of movement. When the system is completed, the vehicles will run on angled wheels surrounding a guide rail mounted on a concrete surface. All of these measures will help ensure safe travel. Read More

Siemens is manufacturing the vehicles of the new Sky Line people mover to meet Fraport AG’s special requirements. These include a large number of folding seats to ensure that passengers always have enough space for their luggage, as well as specially designed grab bars that allow greater freedom of movement. When the system is completed, the vehicles will run on angled wheels surrounding a guide rail mounted on a concrete surface. All of these measures will help ensure safe travel.