Airports of Thailand (AoT) plans to introduce an internal rail system at Don Mueang, known as an Automatic People Mover (APM), to boost the airport’s capacity to handle increasing passenger numbers.
The APM is initially planned as a rail system with a length of 6 to 8 km running from the north of the airport to the south, passing Terminal 1, Terminal 2 and the car park building.
AoT president Nitinai Sirismatthakarn said the system, worth at least one billion baht (27 million euros), should ease congestion at the airport which has also caused traffic jams outside.
The AoT board has asked the AoT to conduct a feasibility study into the APM. The study should be completed in six months and the findings submitted to the board. The APM project would not be part of the long-term airport development so there is no need to conduct an environment/health (EHIA) impact assessment study, Nitinai Sirismatthakarn added. The project could take three years to complete.
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