Heathrow News
- Press Release: Heathrow pods transport passengers to the futureHeathrow Airport has today unveiled the Heathrow pod, the airport’s most innovative transport system and the first new example of transit technology in 100 years.
- Aug 2011 News: LHR, India, 4 systems, Raleigh, guidewayHeathrow “awesome sci-fi,” Amritsar, Raleigh North Hills, precast concrete guideway, conferences, peer-reviewed papers
- May 2011 News: LHR, HSR, India, Apple, toolsHeathrow passenger trials, high speed rail, momentum in India, City of Apple, videos, simulation tool
- Heathrow Pod Passenger Trials BeginT5 Business Car Park passengers join in confidence trials of the Heathrow pod.
- New Video: 164 vehicle trips/hrHeathrow demonstrates 656 pax/hour
- Jan 2011 News: LHR Service, IndiaHeathrow revenue service trials, ULTra sweeps into India, robust in snow, San Jose, Raleigh
- Heavy snow handlingHow ULTra deals with heavy snowfall conditions.
- Snow day in UKULTra vehicles operating in icy weather.
- Heathrow revenue service trials produce excellent resultsThe four weeks of "Simulated Revenue Service" trial - intended to mimic real operating conditions - using Terminal 5 staff is now complete, with excellent results.
- Silicon Valley Looks at Pod CarsVideo and article by Heather Ishimaru, ABC News (KGO-TV)
- Oct 2010 Newsletter: Heathrow AdvancesHeathrow advances, India, Conferences, LAX, Calgary
- PRT passenger capacity world recordULTra PRT demonstrates 48 passengers departing in 5 minutes, for a world-record hourly PRT outbound station capacity of 576 passengers per hour.
- Passenger pods without a driver are almost ready for take-off at HeathrowArticle in the Derby Telegraph
- Multi-Vehicle Testing at HeathrowA new video shows the testing of multiple vehicles at Heathrow.
- Heathrow Journey VideoA new video shows the round-trip journey between Terminal 5 and the T5 Business Car Park.
- San Jose's Personal Rapid TransitBy John Addison, Clean Fleet Report
- Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?Interview with Benjamin G. Edelman, Harvard Business School
- Airport travellers get a robot chauffeur By MacGregor Campbell, New Scientist
- Heathrow Topping Out CeremonyHeathrow's Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system has reached a significant milestone after moving into operational testing on July 7, 2009.
- World’s first Personal Rapid Transit System bursts onto scene at HeathrowBAA press release
- "The Transportation System of the Future has arrived at Heathrow Airport"On 21 - 23 April, delegates from 16 countries converged at Heathrow Airport, to learn about Personal Rapid Transit, and get an advanced preview of the ULTra system in action.
- Progress at HeathrowRapid progress continues at Heathrow's pilot ULTra Personal Rapid Transit system.
- The Hands-Free Future for Transportby Euronews
- First Flight at HeathrowOn September 21st, 2008, the production ULTra vehicle took its first trip on the full guideway at Heathrow.
- Heathrow to trial revolutionary passenger transport systemby Kieran Daly, Flightglobal
- First production vehicle delivered to Cardiff trials siteThe first full production vehicle, manufactured by ARRK in Basildon Essex, has been delivered to the Cardiff trials site
- Construction Underway at Terminal 5Construction of the T5 end of the track started in January 2007 and there are now 22 foundations completed for the overhead section near T5.
- ATS Begins Heathrow PilotATS have started the work programme under contract to BAA which will lead to the Pilot operation at Heathrow.
- Production Vehicle Manufacturing Programme LaunchedATS has launched the final "C" vehicle production programme.
- First BAA milestones metOn December 5th ATS successfully demonstrated the first three milestones set by BAA as part of their programme.
- BAA Chooses ULTraAdvanced Transport Systems Ltd (ATS) announced today that BAA had chosen their innovative ULTra Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system, to provide better access to its terminals at Heathrow.
Videos
164 Vehicles Per Hour (Jan 2011)
Passenger Trials (Mar 2010)
Round-trip Journey (Nov 2009)
ULTra PRT at Heathrow (BAA Animation, 2008)