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AirTrain Newark is a 3-mile (4.8 km) monorail system connecting the terminals at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and the Newark Liberty International Airport train station on the Northeast Corridor (NEC), where transfers are possible to Amtrak and New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line and North Jersey Coast Line Automated announcements recorded by traffic reporter Bernie Wagenblast tell riders which airlines can be found in each terminal. In 2007, the average daily paid ridership was 4,930. The system is slated for replacement.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Will the Newark airport monorail keep running while a replacement is built? )〕 ==History== Originally serving only as an airport circulator, a service which allows passengers to transfer between airport terminals or concourses, the monorail track was refurbished and extended to the NEC, with construction beginning in 1997. The system reopened for service on October 21, 2000. When first opened in 1996 a fleet of 12 six-car Bombardier trains ran on the network. It has expanded to 18 six-car trains. The contract to build the system was awarded to Von Roll AG, but the project was finished by Adtranz, who acquired Von Roll's monorail division while the system was being built. Adtranz was later acquired by Bombardier Transportation, who continues to operate the AirTrain under contract to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Port Authority of New York & New Jersey )〕 the operator of the airport. AirTrain service was suspended from May 1, 2014, for 75 days, until mid-July, to allow repairs. Repairs were completed early, and the service re-opened on July 3. The system has a projected lifespan of 25 years. In April 2015, the PANYNJ suggested that initial work to replace the system would cost $40 million in consultant and engineering studies.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cost to replace Newark airport monorail could top $1B, experts say )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AirTrain Newark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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