Ashuttle train is atrain that runs back and forth between two points, especially if it offers a frequent service over a short route.[1][2] Shuttle trains are used in various ways, in various parts of the world. They commonly operate as a fixed consist, and run non-stop between their termini.[3] They can be used to carrypassengers,freight, or both.
An airport shuttle train may run between anairport and some other location, or connect two or more terminals. The second is usually in the form of a driverlesspeople mover.
A shuttle train connectsGalileo Galilei Airport inPisa withPisa Central railway station. It operates daily and takes five minutes.[4][needs update]
TheGatwick Airport Shuttle Transit is a people mover used to transfer passengers between the North and South Terminals atLondon Gatwick Airport. It runs every few minutes 24 hours a day, and the journey takes two minutes.[5]
A car shuttle train is used to transport accompaniedautomobiles, and usually also other types of road vehicles, for a relatively short distance. Car shuttle trains usually operate on lines passing through arail tunnel and connecting two places not easily accessible to each other by road. On car shuttle train services, the occupants of the road vehicles being carried on the train usually stay with their vehicle throughout the rail journey.
A shuttle train may be used to carrycommuters, especially if at least one of the shuttle train's termini is aninterchange station.
During the morningrush hour, the Aichi Loop Line shuttle train runs over theAichi Loop Line betweenMikawa-Toyota Station andShin-Toyota Station inToyota,Aichi Prefecture, Japan.[6]The northeastern end of theTokyo MetroChiyoda Line is single-tracked although the depot line runs in parallel. Trains serving the terminus are shuttles to the penultimate stop,Ayase.
The first section of theFukutoshin Line of the Tokyo Metro was named the 'New Line', with shuttle trains running express in parallel with theYurakucho Line, between theIkebukuro andKotake-mukaihara stations.
There are threeshuttle services in theNew York City Subway, as well as several other non-shuttle services cut back to shuttle portions during overnights. However, of these services, only the42nd Street Shuttle is a true shuttle that stops only at two locations. Five shuttle services were formerly run in the subway.
TheYellow Line on theChicago "L" originally ran as a nonstop shuttle fromDempster Street inSkokie toHoward Street inChicago, offering connections to theRed andPurple Lines. In 2012, an infill station opened onOakton Street, no longer making the Yellow Line a true shuttle.
NJ Transit'sPrinceton Branch, or "dinky", is a shuttle line.
Unit trains that are dedicated to move on a regular basis between origin and destination are known as shuttle trains by theUnion Pacific Railroad[7] and theBNSF Railway[8]
The National Intermodal Network Austria, operated byRail Cargo Austria, uses a hub-and-spoke system of shuttle trains to provide overnight links between the highest volumeintermodal freight terminals in Austria. The hub of the network is located atWels.[9]
The Chattogram University shuttle train is operated byBangladesh Railway eastern division and monitored by university authority.[10] Trains leaveChattogram railway station andSholoshohor railway station, and city-bound trains leaveChattogram University railway station.
TheMTRDisneyland Resort line is a themed shuttle line linking theHong Kong Disneyland Resort with the rest of the network. Another shuttle train runs between theTseung Kwan O andLOHAS Park stations, on a spur serving a new residential development.
TheR line, part of theMadrid subway, is a shuttle line connectingÓpera station (lines 2 and 5) withPríncipe Pío station (lines 6 and 10), which is also connected toRenfecommuter rail lines.
The Zermatt shuttle connects themountaineering andski resort ofZermatt (which has no road access) with nearbyTäsch, where people travelling to and from Zermatt by motor vehicles are required to park their cars. For the better part of most days, the service operates every 20 min and takes 12 min.[11][12]
TheWaterloo and City Line on theLondon Underground runs betweenWaterloo andBank in the city.
TheSlough to Windsor & Eton Line runs betweenSlough andWindsor & Eton Central.
TheButetown Branch Line runs betweenCardiff Queen Street andCardiff Bay.
TheStourbridge Town Branch Line runs betweenStourbridge Junction andStourbridge Town
TheLine 6 of theSuzhou Rail Transit running a shuttle service between Nanxiebu to Sangtiandao.
