GROUND TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE : MANCHESTER AIRPORT WILL BE THE PROUD OWNER OF THE UK'S FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT AIRPORT GROUND TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE

This article reports on the U.K.'s first purpose-built airport ground transport interchange under construction at Manchester Airport. The facility, scheduled to open in spring 2003, will serve road, rail, and tram links to the airport, with walkways linking its three terminals. Some of the main features of the interchange include: a bus and coach station; a multimodal integrated ticket and information desk; an interactive passenger information system for screening bus, coach, rail and tram timetables; future provisions for check-in and remote baggage handling facilities; and shops and catering facilities on two levels.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • November/December 2002
• Corporate Authors:

  Key Publishing, Limited

  P.O. Box 100
  Stamford,   United Kingdom  PE9 1XQ
• Publication Date: 2002-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 28-29
• Serial:
  • Airports International
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Key Publishing, Limited
  • ISSN: 0002-2853

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Ground transportation; Public transit; Traffic congestion; Transit centers
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00962274
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 2 2003 12:00AM