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With only 22 months available for construction, ensuring that the APM would be operational by January 2007, when the new terminal opened, was a major undertaking. "But as companies learned about the specific issues involved, their interest diminished."Īccording to Ibarra, the specific issues included "unique difficulties" regarding the engineering requirements, completion deadlines and cost considerations. "We expected to have more competitors in the bidding process," says Gabriel Ibarra, director of business development for ICA. (DCC) in a joint venture with Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA), Mexico's largest engineering, procurement and construction company. Submitted a bid: Austrian-based Doppelmayr Cable Car GmbH & Co. System Capacity: 537 passengers per hour per direction

Passenger Capacity: 26 per car, 104 per train Guideway: Elevated steel tube truss on concrete substructure Operation and Maintenance: $1.5 million/yearĬonfiguration: Single track shuttle with one four-car train Location: Mexico City International AirportĪirport Operator: Aeropuerto y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA)ĪPM Manufacturer: Doppelmayr Cable Car (DCC)Ĭonstruction: Ingenieros Civiles Asociados (ICA) Travel time between the terminals is less than five minutes stops at each end are one minute each.Īlthough Mexico City's APM project generated considerable interest among shuttle transportation companies worldwide, only one company actually The shuttle, which began operation in January 2007, carries more than 500 passengers per hour at a speed of nearly 28 miles per hour. The solution proved to be a $60 million electric train capable of carrying 7,000 passengers per day. That meant Mexico's largest and busiest airport not only needed to build another terminal, it also needed to add an automated people mover (APM) to connect the new facility to the existing terminal, roughly 10,000 feet across the tarmac. When Mexico City International Airport (MEX) needed a second terminal to help accommodate roughly 28 million passengers per year, the only open site was on the other side of the runways.