Terminal Link

Terminal Link
Terminal Link train approaching Terminal 1 station in 2012, in old livery
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerGreater Toronto Airports Authority
LocaleToronto Pearson International Airport, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Termini
  • Terminal 1
  • Viscount
Stations3
Service
TypePeople mover
Operator(s)Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Rolling stockDCC Cable Liner
Daily ridership17,000 (2012)
History
OpenedJuly 6, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-07-06)
Technical
Line length1.5 km (0.9 mi)
Number of tracks2 parallel shuttles
CharacterElevated
Track gaugeAutomated guideway transit
Electrification36 mm (1.4 in) Cable Propelled Transit
Operating speed43.2 km/h (26.84 mph)
Route map

Viscount
Parking
Terminal 3
Toronto Pearson International Airport
Terminal 1
Toronto Pearson International Airport

The Terminal Link, formerly known as Link Train, is an automated people mover (APM) at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.[1][2] The wheelchair-accessible train runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is completely free-of-charge to ride. In 2012, it transported 17,000 passengers daily, 60 to 70% of whom were airport staff.[3]

  1. ^ The 1.5 km line connects Terminals 1 and 3 (there is no longer a Terminal 2) and the Viscount Reduced Rate parking lot and garage. Irwin Rapoport (July 6, 2006). "Airport opens automated people mover: New train system connects three terminals, parking area". Toronto: Daily Commercial News. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2013. It's a 1.5-kilometre train with three stations gliding along an elevated guideway connecting Terminals 1, 3 and a reduced rate parking area serving both passengers and employees of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA).
  2. ^ Tess Kalinowski (May 21, 2012). "Pearson's cable-propelled transit LINK is TTC rider's dream". Toronto: Toronto Star. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Propelled on a continuous loop of 36mm hydraulic cable, the LINK system is actually two driverless trains that operate side by side on an elevated guideway, shuttling back and forth on a 1.5-km, three-stop route in about four minutes.