An artist’s impression of the automated people mover crossing Pendigo Lake at the National Exhibition Centre.
HS2
THE process of finding a contractor to design and supply the automated people mover (APM), which will link HS2’s Interchange station in the West Midlands with Birmingham National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham International station and Birmingham Airport, has been launched.
HS2 Ltd envisages the system will carry up to 2100 passengers per hour in each direction on the six-minute journey.
Planned for completion in time for the start of HS2 services to Interchange station, north east of Solihull (which will be served by up to five trains per hour in both directions), it will run on a 2.2km (1.4 mile) viaduct crossing the M42, Pendigo Lake and the West Coast Main Line.