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Large airports outside the US often do have one station per terminal, or a station conveniently between two terminals. See eg London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda, To

Large airports outside the US often do have one station per terminal, or a station conveniently between two terminals. See eg London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda, Tokyo Narita, Kuala Lumpur, Delhi and many more.

ghaff 6y ago
Some do. Mostly when they're at the end of the line because you're mostly not going to make a bunch of airport stops in the middle of a public transportation route such as in the case of San Francisco, say. Which didn't originally have a BART connection at all. (And Heathrow as I recall still needs a bus for Terminal 4.)
- Clewza313 6y ago
  Large modern airports tend to be at the end of the line, because few cities have the space to build them anywhere near the center anymore. Then again, Sydney is 15 min from the city center and has two stops, one each for the international and domestic terminals, on a line that continues far into the burbs.
- ipsi 6y ago
  > (And Heathrow as I recall still needs a bus for Terminal 4.) Terminal 4 at Heathrow is a different "route", in that trains go to Terminal 2/3, then 5 or 4 IIRC (and you have to switch if you get on the wrong one), but they go there. > not going to make a bunch of airport stops in the middle of a public transportation route Generally, but see Sydney Airport here, where the Domestic and International terminals are very close to the Central station, which is in turn almost the start of the T8 line. I'm sure there are others as well.
  - ghaff 6y ago
    I didn't remember what the details were. I just remember staying at a hotel connected to a Heathrow terminal and at the end of the day, getting to and from was a sufficient hassle thinking I should just have stayed in one of the non-connected hotels in the general area.
- crote 6y ago
  Schiphol disagrees with you. Its railway station services about 45 trains an hour, none of which terminate there. Making a stop is a lot less of an issue if it also serves as a transfer hub. This can greatly reduce the congestion of downtown stations.
  - bobthepanda 6y ago
    Schiphol also is one of the largest examples of a one-terminal airport, though. This approach would work less well at, say, JFK, which features terminals arranged in a circle that is too wide to serve with a station or two without significant walking, but too small to have trains feasibly stop often enough to eliminate the walking problem.

ghaff 6y ago

Some do. Mostly when they're at the end of the line because you're mostly not going to make a bunch of airport stops in the middle of a public transportation route such as in the case of San Francisco, say. Which didn't originally have a BART connection at all. (And Heathrow as I recall still needs a bus for Terminal 4.)

Clewza313 6y ago
Large modern airports tend to be at the end of the line, because few cities have the space to build them anywhere near the center anymore. Then again, Sydney is 15 min from the city center and has two stops, one each for the international and domestic terminals, on a line that continues far into the burbs.
ipsi 6y ago
> (And Heathrow as I recall still needs a bus for Terminal 4.) Terminal 4 at Heathrow is a different "route", in that trains go to Terminal 2/3, then 5 or 4 IIRC (and you have to switch if you get on the wrong one), but they go there. > not going to make a bunch of airport stops in the middle of a public transportation route Generally, but see Sydney Airport here, where the Domestic and International terminals are very close to the Central station, which is in turn almost the start of the T8 line. I'm sure there are others as well.
- ghaff 6y ago
  I didn't remember what the details were. I just remember staying at a hotel connected to a Heathrow terminal and at the end of the day, getting to and from was a sufficient hassle thinking I should just have stayed in one of the non-connected hotels in the general area.
crote 6y ago
Schiphol disagrees with you. Its railway station services about 45 trains an hour, none of which terminate there. Making a stop is a lot less of an issue if it also serves as a transfer hub. This can greatly reduce the congestion of downtown stations.
- bobthepanda 6y ago
  Schiphol also is one of the largest examples of a one-terminal airport, though. This approach would work less well at, say, JFK, which features terminals arranged in a circle that is too wide to serve with a station or two without significant walking, but too small to have trains feasibly stop often enough to eliminate the walking problem.