A Ride on the Clarian People Mover in Indianapolis

So......there are no hamburger steaks or biscuits 'n gravy in Indianapolis?

Of course there are, but I wasn't in Indianapolis to eat. I was saving my appetite for eating at Zaharako's in Columbus, which is only about an hour south of Indy. On this particular day, Indy was strictly a train-ride stop.

Here's several photos of the automated people mover at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, whose five stations serve four airline terminals plus the parking lot at the far north end of the airport. While there are many similarities between this system and the one in Indianapolis, the guideway technologies of the two lines are very different. 

Very interesting, Bob.

It is interesting.  When was the O'Hare system put in?

Looks like both systems could stand some customers.....

I just Googled the O'Hare people mover, and, thanks to Wikipedia, I now actually know something about my subject matter ( that always helps when writing about something! ) The line's official name is the Airport Transit System ( ATS ), and it opened to the public on May 27th 1993. The line is 2.7 miles long, can carry up to 2,400 passengers per hour, and the trains operate at a maximum of fifty mph. The system uses French-based VAL technology, which means automated rubber-tired cars held in place by a center guiderail and powered by an electrified third rail. As far as a lack of "customers" is concerned ( all rides are free ) on both the O'Hare and Clarian lines, don't be fooled by my car interior pictures. In each case, I was the first one in the car, and took my pictures before the masses came rushing in. Believe me, neither of these systems has any shortage of riders.