Specifications - New York Airtrain Rail Link, USA

Key Data
City population	7.3 million
Ownership	Air Rail Transit Consortium
Planned opening date	2002
Route length	13.5 km
Gauge	1435 mm
Lines	1
Stations	10
Passengers carried/year	(Estimated) 12.5 million
Staff	4,150 involved in construction, final total unspecified
Electrification
Voltage	750V
Current	DC third rail
Rolling Stock
Total vehicles ordered	32, to run in one- to four-car trainsets
Builders	Bombardier
Line speed	68 mph/110 km/h
Special Characteristics
Coincides with major revamp of JFK Airport
Major city centre to airport journey times savings expected
Line expected to be entirely self-financing
All 10 stations elevated
Stations built to identical design
System capable of fully-automated, 24 hour a day operation