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Hong Kong International Airport Automated People Mover

public transport system in Hong Kong

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ855390 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Hong Kong International Airport APM is a driverless people mover located within Hong Kong International Airport. It operates in two segments within Terminal 1 and the Midfield Concourse, and between Terminals 1 and 2. It also connects to the Skypier.

Setup

The first segment runs between the East Hall and the West Hall in Terminal 1. The segment aims to provide a faster and easier way for passengers travelling between immigration and boarding gates at the far end of the Terminal. Westbound service is for departure passengers only, while eastbound service is for arrival passengers only. Passengers cannot take the APM back to the East Hall, where most shops are located. For eastbound service, after reaching the East Hall, all arrival passengers must disembark for immigration, customs, and baggage claim. They are not allowed to take the APM back to the West Hall. Since both East and West Halls are located within Terminal 1, passengers can choose to use travellators instead or walk, though this will be more time-consuming.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current 170-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1998. The account is most persuasive where Hong, Kong and International can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Hong Kong International Airport Automated People Mover” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.