When the Marconi Express is in the station, its doors open at the sliding doors of the platform and create a safe passage without gradients to get on and off comfortably from the vehicle. On the platform, sliding doors prevent passengers from entering the track when the vehicle is not present. The vehicles, manufactured by the Swiss company Intamin, are electric and fully automatic, monitored by the operators in the control room. There is also the possibility of introducing a fourth vehicle to adapt to growth in demand. The system, in the current configuration with 3 vehicles, in rush hour can transport 560 passengers per hour and direction. Each vehicle has a capacity of 50 passengers. The vehicles, equipped with rubber wheels, run on their own track at an average height of about 6-7 meters above the ground. The goal is to create a comfortable, fast and frequent connection to the city that improves the citizens’ and tourists’ travel experience, and also to expand the users of the Bologna airport by making its flight offer “within train reach”. It allows you to easily reach the centre of Bologna and the Bologna Central railway station from the “Guglielmo Marconi” Airport. The Marconi Express is a mass rapid transport system known as “People Mover”.
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