Doppelmayr to Build Cable Liner at London Airport

TransportRail ♦ Published: April 23, 2018; 20:51 ♦ (Vindobona)

At London Luton Airport, Doppelmayr is building a cable car almost two kilometers long with a capacity of 2,720 passengers per hour and per route. This makes Luton Airport the second airport project in the UK after Birmingham for Doppelmayr. The Cable Liner is scheduled to go into operation in April 2021. Doppelmayr does not give details of the project turnover.

The London Luton Airport Cable Liner is scheduled to go into operation in April 2021. / Picture: © Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH / Doppelmayr Group

An expansion project at London Luton Airport is to include the creation of a new transport link.

In the future, instead of taking a shuttle bus, passengers travelling to Luton from London St. Pancras International will be able to cover the last leg of their journey on the new automated people mover Cable Liner.

As a result of this change, the trip from the central…