List of airport rail link systems

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This is a list of airport rail link systems which connect airports with cities in various countries.

Main-line or commuter rail[]

High-speed rail and intercity rail link[]

Asia[]

A train on the Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway, which stops at Beijing Daxing International Airport
The Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway, which serves Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, stopped at Suzhou railway station
Country City Airport Rail Link Station Name
 China Beijing Beijing Daxing International Airport Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway Daxing Airport station
Chengdu Chengdu Tianfu International Airport Chengdu–Zigong high-speed railway Tianfu Airport station
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport Chengdu-Mianyang-Leshan intercity railway Shuangliu Airport railway station
Guangzhou Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou–Foshan circular intercity railway Baiyun Airport North railway station
Guiyang Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport Guiyang–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway Longdongbao railway station
Haikou Haikou Meilan International Airport Hainan eastern ring high-speed railway Meilan railway station
Jieyang Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport Meizhou-Shantou Railway Jieyang Airport railway station
Jilin Changchun Longjia International Airport Changchun–Jilin Intercity Railway Longjia railway station
Lanzhou Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway Zhongchuan Airport railway station
Qingdao Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport Jinan–Qingdao high-speed railway Jiaodong Airport station
Sanya Sanya Phoenix International Airport Hainan Western Ring Railway Sanya Phoenix Airport railway station
Shanghai Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway
Shanghai–Hangzhou Passenger Railway
Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway 		Shanghai Hongqiao railway station
Shenzhen Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity railway Shenzhen Airport station
Turpan Turpan Jiaohe Airport Lanzhou–Xinjiang high-speed railway Turpan North railway station
Wuhan Wuhan Tianhe International Airport Wuhan–Xiaogan intercity railway Tianhe International Airport station
Xuzhou Xuzhou Guanyin International Airport Xuzhou–Yancheng high-speed railway Guanyin Airport railway station
Yinchuan Yinchuan Hedong International Airport Yinchuan–Xi'an high-speed railway Hedong Airport railway station
Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport Zhengzhou–Xinzheng Airport intercity railway Xinzheng Airport railway station
Zhuhai Zhuhai Jinwan Airport Zhuhai–Zhuhai Airport intercity railway Zhuhai Airport station

Europe[]

A Ouigo TGV trainset, which serves airports in both Lyon and Paris
Country City Airport Rail Link Station Name
 Austria Vienna Vienna International Airport Railjet Vienna Airport railway station
 Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport InterCity
Intercity Direct 		Brussels National Airport railway station
 Denmark Aalborg Aalborg Airport Aalborg Airport railway line Aalborg Airport station
Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport InterCity
Øresundståg 		Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup Station
 France Lyon Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport Ouigo
TGV 		Lyon-Saint-Exupéry TGV station
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Ouigo
TGV inOui
Thalys 		Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV
 Germany Cologne and Bonn Cologne Bonn Airport Intercity Express Cologne/Bonn Airport station
Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Airport InterCity
Intercity Express 		Düsseldorf Airport station
Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport InterCity
Intercity Express 		Frankfurt Airport long-distance station
Halle and Leipzig Leipzig/Halle Airport InterCity Leipzig/Halle Airport station
 Ireland County Kerry Kerry Airport Iarnród Éireann InterCity Farranfore railway station
 Italy Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Frecciargento Fiumicino Aeroporto railway station
 Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Intercity Direct
NS Intercity
Thalys 		Schiphol Airport railway station
  Switzerland Geneva Geneva Airport InterCity Geneva Airport railway station
Zürich Zurich Airport EuroCity
InterCity 		Zürich Airport railway station

North America[]

Country City Airport Rail Link Station Name
 United States Baltimore Baltimore/Washington International Airport Amtrak BWI Rail Station
Burbank Hollywood Burbank Airport Amtrak Burbank Airport–South station
Milwaukee Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport Amtrak Milwaukee Airport Railroad Station
Newark Newark Liberty International Airport Amtrak Newark Liberty International Airport station

Express or regional train[]

Africa[]

A Gautrain at the airport station in Johannesburg, South Africa
Country City Airport Rail Link
 Algeria Algiers Houari Boumediene Airport SNTF
 Morocco Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport Al Bidaoui
 Niger Niamey Diori Hamani International Airport Bénirail
 Senegal Dakar Blaise Diagne International Airport Train Express Regional
 South Africa Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport Gautrain

Asia[]

The Royal Railway Airport Shuttle service at Royal railway station in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
An MTR Airport Express train in Hong Kong
The Minangkabau Airport Rail Link comes to a stop at the airport station in Padang, Indonesia
The Narita Express in 2021
A KLIA Ekspres service on its way to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Rolling stock of the Bangkok Airport Rail Link at Makkasan Station
Country City Airport Rail Link Station Name
 Bangladesh Dhaka Shahjalal International Airport Bangladesh Railway Dhaka Airport railway station
 Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport MTR Airport Express MTR Airport station
 India Chennai Chennai International Airport Chennai Suburban Railway South Line Tirusulam railway station
 Indonesia Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Soekarno–Hatta Airport Rail Link SHIA railway station
Medan Kualanamu International Airport Kualanamu Airport Rail Link Kualanamu International Airport railway station
Padang Minangkabau International Airport Minangkabau Airport Rail Link Minangkabau International Airport railway station
Surakarta Adisumarmo International Airport Adisumarmo Airport Rail Link Adisoemarmo International Airport railway station
Yogyakarta Adisutjipto International Airport KRL Commuterline Yogyakarta-Solo Maguwo Railway Station
Yogyakarta International Airport Yogyakarta International Airport Rail Link
 Israel Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport Israel Railways Ben Gurion Airport railway station
 Japan Nagoya Chubu Centrair International Airport Meitetsu Airport Line Central Japan International Airport Station
Osaka Kansai International Airport Kansai Airport Line (Haruka)
Nankai Airport Line (Rapi:t) 		Kansai Airport Station
Itami Airport Osaka Monorail Main Line Osaka Airport Station
Sapporo New Chitose Airport Chitose Line New Chitose Airport Station
Sendai Sendai Airport Sendai Airport Line Sendai Airport Station
Tokyo Narita International Airport Narita Line (Narita Express)
Keisei Narita Airport Line (Skyliner)
Keisei Main Line 		Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station
Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
Haneda Airport Keikyū Airport Line
Tokyo Monorail 		Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 Station
Haneda Airport Terminal 3 Station
Fukuoka Fukuoka Airport Kūkō Line (Fukuoka City Subway) Fukuokakūkō Station
Miyazaki Miyazaki Airport Miyazaki Kūkō Line Miyazaki Airport Station
Naha Naha Airport Okinawa Urban Monorail Naha Airport Station
Kobe Kobe Airport Port Island Line Kobe Airport Station
Yonago Yonago Airport Sakai Line Yonago Airport Station
 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport KLIA Ekspres Kuala Lumpur International Airport ERL station
 North Korea Pyongyang Pyongyang International Airport Pyongui Line Sunan station
 Russia Vladivostok Vladivostok International Airport Express Primorya Knevichi railway station
 South Korea Seoul Incheon International Airport AREX
Incheon Airport Maglev 		Incheon Int'l Airport Terminal 1 station
Incheon Int'l Airport Terminal 2 station (AREX only)
 Thailand Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport Northern Line
Northeastern Line
SRT Dark Red Line 		Don Mueang station
Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok Airport Rail Link Suvarnabhumi Station
 Turkey İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport İZBAN Adnan Menderes Airport railway station

Europe[]

A Vienna City Airport Train in 2012
Flughafen-Express passenger cabins at Berlin Brandenburg Airport
The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn S1 stops at Düsseldorf Airport station
Hamburg S-Bahn trains at Hamburg Airport station on its opening day in 2008
The Munich S1, which serves Munich Airport at two stops
A Proastiakos Athens train at Athens Airport Station
The Leonardo Express in Rome
A train stopped at Vilnius Airport railway station, Lithuania
Airport rail link train at Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
Rodalies de Catalunya R2 service approaches passengers at El Prat Airport in Barcelona
The Arlanda Express at Stockholm Central Station in 2012
The Kyiv Boryspil Express utilizes Pesa 620M railbuses
Two Heathrow Express trains at Paddington station
Rolling stock of the Stansted Express arriving in Colchester
Trains on the TransPennine Express, which serves Manchester Airport
Country City Airport Rail Link Station Name
 Austria Vienna Vienna International Airport City Airport Train
Vienna S-Bahn S7 		Vienna Airport railway station
 Finland Helsinki Helsinki Airport Helsiniki commuter rail I/P Helsinki Airport station
 France Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport RER B Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 1
Strasbourg Strasbourg Airport TER Grand Est Entzheim-Aéroport station
 Georgia Tbilisi Tbilisi International Airport Georgian Railways Tbilisi Airport station
 Germany Berlin Berlin Brandenburg Airport Flughafen-Express
Regional-Express
Regionalbahn
Berlin S-Bahn 45
Berlin S-Bahn 9 		BER Airport – Terminal 1-2 station
Berlin S-Bahn S45
Berlin S-Bahn S9 		BER Airport – Terminal 5 station
Cologne and Bonn Cologne Bonn Airport Regional-Express
Regionalbahn
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn S13
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn S10 		Cologne/Bonn Airport station
Dresden Dresden Airport Dresden S-Bahn Dresden Flughafen station
Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Airport Regional-Express
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn S1 		Düsseldorf Airport station
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn S11 Düsseldorf Airport Terminal station
Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport Regional-Express
Rhine-Main S-Bahn S8
Rhine-Main S-Bahn S9 		Frankfurt Airport regional station
Regionalbahn Frankfurt Airport long-distance station
Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen Airport Interregio-Express Friedrichshafen Flughafen
Hamburg Hamburg Airport Hamburg S-Bahn S1 Hamburg Airport station
Hannover Hannover Airport Hannover S-Bahn S5
Hannover S-Bahn S8 		Hannover Flughafen railway station
Halle and Leipzig Leipzig/Halle Airport Mitteldeutschland S5
Mitteldeutschland S5X 		Leipzig/Halle Airport station
Lübeck Lübeck Airport Regional-Express 83 Lübeck-Flughafen station
Munich Munich Airport Munich S1
Munich S8
Regionalbahn 		Munich Airport Besucherpark station (S1 and S8 only)
Munich Airport Terminal station
Stuttgart Stuttgart Airport Stuttgart S-Bahn S2
Stuttgart S-Bahn S3 		Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe station
 Greece Athens Athens International Airport Proastiakos Athens Line 1
Proastiakos Athens Line 4
Proastiakos Athens Line 5 		Athens Airport Station
 Ireland County Kerry Kerry Airport Iarnród Éireann Commuter Farranfore railway station
 Italy Milan Milan Malpensa Airport Malpensa Express
TILO 		Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 1 railway station
Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2 railway station
Palermo Palermo Airport Palermo metropolitan railway service Punta Raisi railway station
Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Lazio regional railways FL1
Leonardo Express 		Fiumicino Aeroporto railway station
Turin Turin Airport Line SFMA Caselle Aeroporto railway station
 Lithuania Vilnius Vilnius International Airport Lithuanian Railways Vilnius Airport railway station
 Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol NS Sprinter Schiphol Airport railway station
 Norway Oslo Oslo Airport, Gardermoen Flytoget
Oslo Commuter Rail L12 		Oslo Airport Station
Trondheim Trondheim Airport, Værnes Nordland Line
Trøndelag Commuter Rail
Vygruppen 		Trondheim Airport Station
 Poland Gdańsk Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna Gdańsk Airport station
Kraków Kraków John Paul II International Airport Koleje Małopolskie Kraków Airport
Szczecin Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów Airport Polregio Szczecin Goleniów station
Warsaw Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport Koleje Mazowieckie
Szybka Kolej Miejska 		Warsaw Chopin Airport railway station
 Romania Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport Romanian State Railways Bucharest Airport station
 Russia Kazan Kazan International Airport Aeroexpress Kazan Airport station
Moscow Moscow Domodedovo Airport Moscow Aeroexpress Aeroport Domodedovo railway station
Sheremetyevo International Airport Moscow Aeroexpress Sheremetyevo railway station
Vnukovo International Airport Moscow Aeroexpress Aeroport Vnukovo railway station
Sochi Sochi International Airport Aeroexpress Sochi Airport railway station
 Spain Barcelona Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport Rodalies de Catalunya R2 Airport T2 station
Cádiz Jerez Airport Cercanías Cádiz Aeropuerto de Jerez
Madrid Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Cercanías Madrid C-1
Cercanías Madrid C-10 		Aeropuerto T4
Málaga Málaga Airport Cercanías Málaga C-1 Aeropuerto station
 Sweden Stockholm Stockholm Arlanda Airport Arlanda Express Arlanda North Station
Arlanda Central Station
Arlanda South Station
  Switzerland Geneva Geneva Airport InterRegio Geneva Airport railway station
Zürich Zurich Airport InterRegio
Zürich S-Bahn S2
Zürich S-Bahn S16
Zürich S-Bahn S24 		Zürich Airport railway station
 Ukraine Kyiv Kyiv Boryspil Airport Kyiv Boryspil Express Boryspil-Aeroport railway station
Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) Kyiv Urban Electric Train Kyiv-Volynskyi
 United Kingdom Belfast George Best Belfast City Airport Belfast-Bangor railway line Sydenham railway station
Birmingham Birmingham Airport Avanti West Coast
Cambrian Line
CrossCountry network
West Midlands Trains 		Birmingham International railway station
Glasgow Glasgow Prestwick Airport Ayrshire Coast Line
Glasgow South Western Line 		Prestwick International Airport railway station
London Heathrow Airport Heathrow Express
TfL Rail
London Underground Piccadilly Line 		Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station
Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station (TfL Rail only)
Heathrow Terminal 5 station (Heathrow Express only)
Gatwick Airport Gatwick Express
Govia Thameslink
Southern Railway 		Gatwick Airport railway station
London Stansted Airport CrossCountry network
Greater Anglia
Stansted Express 		Stansted Airport railway station
London Southend Airport Greater Anglia Southend Airport railway station
Manchester Manchester Airport Chester–Warrington line
Northern Trains
TransPennine Express 		Manchester Airport station
Southampton Southampton Airport CrossCountry network
Great Western Railway
South Western Railway
Southern Railway 		Southampton Airport Parkway railway station
Tees Valley Teesside International Airport Tees Valley line Teesside Airport railway station

North America[]

The Union Pearson Express in Toronto
A TEXRail train comes to a stop at DFW Airport/Terminal B station
Two Tri-Rail trains awaiting passengers at Miami International Airport
Country City Airport Rail Link Station Name
 Canada Toronto Toronto Pearson International Airport Union Pearson Express Toronto Pearson Terminal 1 station
 United States Anchorage Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Alaska Railroad Anchorage Airport station
Baltimore Baltimore/Washington International Airport Penn Line BWI Rail Station
Chicago O'Hare International Airport North Central Service O'Hare Transfer station
Dallas Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport TEXRail DFW Airport/Terminal B station
DFW Airport North station
Trinity Railway Express CentrePort/DFW Airport station
Denver Denver International Airport RTD A Line Denver Airport station
Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport Tri-Rail Fort Lauderdale Airport station
Los Angeles Hollywood Burbank Airport Ventura County Line Burbank Airport–South station
Miami Miami International Airport Tri-Rail Miami Intermodal Center
Orlando Orlando International Airport Brightline (under construction)
SunRail (under construction) 		Orlando International Airport Intermodal Terminal
Philadelphia Philadelphia International Airport SEPTA Airport Line Philadelphia International Airport stations
Providence T. F. Green Airport Providence/Stoughton Line T. F. Green Airport station
South Bend South Bend International Airport South Shore Line South Bend Airport station

Oceania[]

A Brisbane Airport railway line train at Brisbane Domestic Terminal railway station
Country City Airport Rail Link Station Name
 Australia Brisbane Brisbane Airport Brisbane Airport railway line Brisbane Domestic Terminal railway station
Brisbane International Terminal railway station
Perth Perth Airport Perth Airport railway line Airport Central railway station
Sydney Sydney Airport Airport & South Line Sydney Domestic Airport railway station
Sydney International Airport railway station
Wollongong Shellharbour Airport South Coast Line Albion Park railway station

South America[]

The CPTM Line 13 in São Paulo
Country City Airport Rail Link Station Name
 Argentina Buenos Aires El Palomar Airport San Martín Line El Palomar station
 Brazil São Paulo São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport CPTM Line 13 Aeroporto–Guarulhos (CPTM)

Light rail or metro[]

Africa[]

Country City Airport Rail Link Station Name
 Nigeria Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja Light Rail Airport

Asia[]

KMRT's Kaohsiung International Airport Station
Country City Airport Rail Link Station Name
 China Beijing Beijing Capital International Airport Capital Airport Express Terminal 3 station (Beijing Subway)

Terminal 2 station (Beijing Subway)

Beijing Daxing International Airport Daxing Airport Express Daxing Airport station
Shanghai Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Shanghai Metro Line 2 Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2
Shanghai Metro Line 10 Hongqiao Airport Terminal 1 station

Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2

Shanghai Metro Line 17 Hongqiao Railway Station
Shanghai Pudong International Airport Shanghai Metro Line 2 Pudong International Airport
Shanghai maglev train
Changsha Changsha Huanghua International Airport Changsha Maglev under construction
Chengdu Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport Chengdu Metro Terminal 1 of Shuangliu International Airport station

Terminal 2 of Shuangliu International Airport station

Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (reserved station)

Chongqing Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport Chongqing Metro Line 3 Terminal 2 of Jiangbei Airport station
Chongqing Metro Line 10 Terminal 2 of Jiangbei Airport station

Terminal 3 of Jiangbei Airport station

Dalian Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport Dalian Metro
Guangzhou Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou Metro Airport South Station

Airport North Station

Hohhot Hohhot Baita International Airport Hohhot Metro
Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport Zhengzhou Metro Chengjiao Line Xinzheng International Airport station
Wuhan Wuhan Tianhe International Airport Wuhan Metro Line 2 Tianhe International Airport station
Ürümqi Ürümqi Diwopu Airport Ürümqi Metro
Tianjin Tianjin Binhai International Airport Tianjin Metro Line 2 Binhai International Airport Station
Nanjing Nanjing Lukou International Airport Line S1 Lukou Airport Station
Ningbo Ningbo Lishe International Airport Line 2, Ningbo Rail Transit Lishe International Airport Station
Shenyang Shenyang Taoxian International Airport Shenyang Modern Tram line 2
Shenzhen Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport Shenzhen Metro Line 11 Airport station
Wenzhou Wenzhou Longwan International Airport Wenzhou Metro Line S1
Kunming Kunming Changshui International Airport Kunming Metro Line 6
 Iran Mashhad Mashhad International Airport Mashhad Urban Railway Line 1
Tehran Mehrabad International Airport Tehran Metro Line 4
Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport Tehran Metro Line 1
 India Chennai Chennai International Airport Chennai Metro Chennai International Airport metro station
Delhi Hindon Airport Delhi Metro Raj Bagh Station
Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi Metro Airport Express Delhi Airport metro station
Delhi Metro Terminal 1-IGI Airport metro station
Kolkata Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Kolkata Metro Line 4 (Under Construction) Biman Bandar
Kolkata Metro Line 6 (Under Construction)
Lucknow Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Lucknow Metro Red Line
Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Line 1 (Mumbai Metro) Airport Road
Line 3 (Under construction) CSMIA Domestic

CSMIA International

Line 7 (Under Construction) Airport Colony

CSMIA International

Western Line
Harbour Line Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
Nagpur Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Nagpur Metro Orange Line
 Japan Tokyo Haneda Airport Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Terminal 1 Station

Haneda Airport Terminal 2 Station

Haneda Airport Terminal 3 Station

Keihin Electric Express Railway’s Keikyu Airport Line Haneda Airport Terminal 1·2 Station

Haneda Airport Terminal 3 Station

Narita International Airport JR East's Airport Narita Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station

Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station

Keisei Electric Railway Narita Sky Access
Keisei Main Line
Osaka Itami Airport Osaka Monorail Osaka Airport Station
Kansai International Airport JR West's Kansai Airport Line Kansai Airport Station
Nankai Railway's Nankai Airport Line
Fukuoka Fukuoka Airport Fukuoka City Subway Kuko Line Fukuokakūkō Station
Kobe Kobe Airport Port Island Line Kobe Airport Station
Naha Naha Airport Okinawa Urban Monorail Naha Airport Station
 Macau Macau Macau International Airport Macau Light Rapid Transit's Taipa line
 South Korea Seoul Gimpo International Airport AREX Gimpo International Airport station
Seoul Subway Line 5
Seoul Subway Line 9
Incheon International Airport AREX Incheon International Airport Terminal 1 station

Incheon International Airport Terminal 2 station

Incheon International Airport Cargo Terminal station

Busan Gimhae International Airport Busan Metro BGLRT line Gimhae International Airport station
Gwangju Gwangju International Airport Gwangju Subway Line 1 Airport
 Indonesia Palembang Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport Palembang LRT
 Taiwan Taipei Taipei Songshan Airport Taipei Metro Wenhu Line Songshan Airport metro station
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Taoyuan International Airport MRT Airport Terminal 1 metro station

Airport Terminal 2 metro station

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung International Airport Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Red Line Kaohsiung International Airport metro station
 Singapore Singapore Singapore Changi Airport SMRT Corporation's East West MRT Line Changi Airport MRT station
 Qatar Doha Hamad International Airport Doha Metro
 Thailand Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport Suvarnabhumi Airport City Line Suvarnabhumi Station
 UAE Dubai Dubai International Airport Dubai Metro Airport Terminal 1 (Dubai Metro)

Airport Terminal 3 (Dubai Metro)

 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport KLIA Transit Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Klia2 ERL station

Subang Airport Skypark Link Terminal Skypark

Europe[]

Copenhagen Metro has unmanned trains.
Country City Airport Rail Link Station Name
 Bulgaria Sofia Sofia Airport Sofia Metro Sofia Airport Metro Station
 Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen Metro Lufthavnen Station
 Estonia Tallinn Tallinn Airport Tallinn Tram
 France Lyon Lyon Airport Rhônexpress
Nice Nice Côte d'Azur Airport Nice Tramway
Paris Orly Airport Tramway T7 Porte de l'Essonne
Toulouse Toulouse Airport Toulouse tramway
 Germany Bremen Bremen Airport Bremer Straßenbahn
Erfurt Erfurt Weimar Airport Straßenbahn Erfurt Flughafen Erfurt
Nuremberg Nuremberg Airport Nuremberg U-Bahn Flughafen station
 Greece Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Airport Athens Metro Athens Airport Station
Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Airport Thessaloniki Metro under construction
 Italy Florence Florence Airport Trams in Florence Peretola Aeroporto
 Norway Bergen Bergen Airport Bergen Light Rail Bergen Lufthavn
 Portugal Lisbon Lisbon Airport Lisbon Metro Aeroporto
Porto Porto Airport Porto Metro Aeroporto
 Spain Barcelona Barcelona Airport Barcelona Metro Airport T2 station
Madrid Madrid Barajas International Airport Madrid Metro Aeropuerto T4
Valencia Valencia Airport Valencia Metro Aeroport
  Switzerland Zurich Zurich Airport Zürich trams Zürich Airport railway station
Stadtbahn Glattal
 Turkey Istanbul Istanbul Airport Istanbul Metro M11 (under construction) under construction
Atatürk International Airport Istanbul Metro M1 Atatürk Havalimanı (Istanbul Metro)
 United Kingdom Edinburgh Edinburgh Airport Edinburgh Trams Edinburgh Airport Tram Station
London Heathrow Airport Piccadilly line Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station
London City Airport Docklands Light Railway London City Airport DLR station
Manchester Manchester Airport Manchester Metrolink Manchester Airport station
Newcastle Newcastle Airport Tyne and Wear Metro Newcastle Airport Metro station

North America[]

Vancouver Sky Train arriving at YVR–Airport station with the airport's control tower in the background.
A Baltimore Light Rail vehicle at BWI's international terminal
Country City Airport Rail Link Station Name
 Canada Montreal Montreal-Trudeau International REM (under construction) YUL–Montréal–Trudeau Airport station
Ottawa Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport O-Train (under construction) Airport station
Vancouver Vancouver International Airport SkyTrain Canada Line YVR–Airport station[1]
 United States Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (domestic terminal) MARTA Airport station (MARTA)
Baltimore Baltimore-Washington International Airport Baltimore Light Rail BWI Airport station (Light RailLink)
Boston Logan International Airport Blue Line (MBTA) Airport station (MBTA)
Chicago O'Hare International Airport Chicago 'L' Blue Line O'Hare station
Chicago Midway International Airport Chicago 'L' Orange Line Midway station (CTA)
Cleveland Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Red Line (RTA Rapid Transit) Airport station (GCRTA)
Dallas Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport DART Orange Line DFW Airport Terminal A
Miami Miami International Airport Metrorail (Miami-Dade County) Miami Intermodal Center
Minneapolis Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport METRO Blue Line Terminal 1–Lindbergh

Terminal 2–Humphrey

New York City John F. Kennedy International Airport AirTrain JFK Jamaica station
New York City Subway Howard Beach–JFK Airport station
Phoenix Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Valley Metro Rail

PHX Sky Train

44th Street/Washington station
Portland Portland International Airport MAX Light Rail (Red Line) Portland International Airport station
St. Louis St. Louis Lambert International Airport MetroLink (St. Louis) Lambert Airport Terminal 1 station

Lambert Airport Terminal 2 station

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City International Airport Green Line (TRAX) Airport station (UTA)
San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco International Airport Bay Area Rapid Transit San Francisco International Airport station
Oakland International Airport Bay Area Rapid Transit

Coliseum–Oakland International Airport line

Oakland Coliseum station
Seattle Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Line 1 SeaTac/Airport station
Washington, D.C. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Washington Metro WMATA Blue.svg WMATA Yellow.svg Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport station
Dulles International Airport Washington Metro WMATA Silver.svg (under construction) Dulles International Airport station
 Mexico Mexico City Mexico City International Airport Mexico City Metro's Line 5 Terminal Aérea metro station

South America[]

Country City Airport Rail Link Station Name
 Brazil Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro Light Rail Santos Dumont
Porto Alegre Salgado Filho Airport Porto Alegre Metro
Salvador Salvador International Airport Salvador Metro

Proposed airport rail links[]

Other cities are considering airport rail link services.

Africa[]

  • Alexandria, Egypt[2]
  • Algiers, Algeria - the Algiers Metro has plans for expansion to Houari Boumediene Airport
  • Cape Town, South Africa – a R3.5 billion rail link between Cape Town International Airport and Cape Town Station is planned to start construction in 2013.[citation needed]
  • Lagos, Nigeria - Murtala Muhammed International Airport will be served by the Lagos Rail Mass Transit

Asia[]

  • Dubai Metro – Purple Line – express route between Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum International Airport
  • Jeddah's King Abdulaziz International Airport New Terminal to be connected to Haramain Railway via a 3.75 km branch connection.
  • Johor Bahru's Senai International Airport via KTM Komuter Southern Sector.
  • Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport via Kolkata Metro lines 4 and 6, replacing the previous Kolkata Suburban Railway link.
  • Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport via Lahore Metro connecting to Ghazi Road and Lower Mall at both ends.
  • Manila
    • Clark International Airport via the North–South Commuter Railway.
    • Ninoy Aquino International Airport via the Metro Manila Subway and the LRT Line 6B extension.
    • New Manila International Airport via the MRT Line 7 northward extension.[3]
  • Nur-Sultan's Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Astana Light Metro.

Europe[]

  • Alicante Airport is to be connected by a spur of the commuter line between Alicante and Elche around 2025.
  • Belgrade Airport is to be connected with city via airport express bus.[4] Airport is currently connected with public transport's line 72,[5] but it runs on every 30–40 minutes and ride is around 60 to 90 minutes long. There are also plans for constructing rail link.[6]
  • Berlin Brandenburg International Airport is proposed to be linked to U7 (Berlin subway) in the future.[7][8][9]
  • Bristol Airport – in July 2016 a report was produced outlining proposals to improve access from the city to the airport, including a light or heavy rail link.[10]
  • Bucharest Otopeni Airport to be linked via Bucharest Metro Line M6 to the Bucharest Metro network[11][12]
  • Ciudad Real Airport has an agreement with Adif to build a station in the nearby Madrid-Sevilla high-speed and Ciudad Real-Badajoz rail lines providing a fast link to Ciudad Real, Puertollano, Madrid and Córdoba.
  • Dublin Airport in Dublin, Ireland is one of the main destinations of the (in planning) Dublin Metro.
  • EuroAirport (serving Basel and Mulhouse, France) is proposed to be linked to the railway network via de:Flughafenbahnhof EuroAirport as well as an extension of the Basel tram network already serving nearby Saint Louis (Haut Rhin)
  • A new underground rail station is planned at Göteborg Landvetter Airport as part of the new Gothenburg-Borås rail link.[13]
  • There are talks of reopening part of a rail line crossing the Hunsrück-mountains to connect Hahn airport to the rail network with construction starting by 2016[14] This is delayed.
  • A number of additional transport proposals for London Heathrow Airport are being considered
  • Helsinki Airport via Lentorata
  • Luxembourg Airport via an extension of the existing tram system
  • Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport via new CDG Express service, operated by SNCF, to Gare de l'Est.
  • Prague Ruzyně Airport, proposed in 2008[15]
  • Riga International Airport via Rail Baltica.
  • Stockholm Skavsta Airport will gain a high-speed rail link as part of the East Link Project.[16]
  • Stuttgart 21 is set to include a high-speed railway station for Stuttgart Airport. Likewise Stuttgart Stadtbahn is being extended to the airport
  • Tbilisi International Airport via Tbilisi Metro
  • Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via a spur off the Durrës–Tiranë railway
  • Wrocław–Copernicus Airport is planned to get an underground station below the airport, to be finished around 2010–2015. This is delayed.

North America[]

  • Calgary International Airport – plans are being developed to extend the C-Train to the airport in the northeast of the city in the long term.[17]
  • Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport – DART's Silver Line. Initially planned to open in 2013, still in process. The service will run West to East, connecting Grapevine, Texas to Plano, Texas.
  • Edmonton International Airport – an extension of the LRT is proposed to connect to downtown.
  • Houston
    • An extension of the METRORail Red Line is proposed to connect to George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
    • An extension of the METRORail Purple Line and METRORail Green Line is proposed to connect to William P. Hobby Airport.
  • Las Vegas has an ongoing discussion about extending the monorail into McCarran International Airport. Also in the Vegas area, the planned Ivanpah Airport is sited on the right of way for the proposed maglev demonstration project.
  • Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport – there are plans of a rapid transit system to Downtown Montreal, called the Réseau électrique métropolitain.
  • Newark Liberty International Airport is planned to be served by an extension of the PATH's Newark–World Trade Center line.[18]
  • New York City
    • LaGuardia Airport has been proposed to be reached by extensions of the New York City Subway's BMT Astoria Line (currently serving the N and ​W trains). The most recent plan, AirTrain LaGuardia, is in the planning stages and proposed to open in 2023.[19]
    • John F. Kennedy International Airport is already served by AirTrain JFK, but the AirTrain is proposed for possible extension to Midtown Manhattan via existing rail lines.[20]
  • Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport – Line 4 is a new line under construction in Ottawa. It will connect the airport with an extension of Line 2 via the EY Centre. Construction is expected to be completed in 2022, and will connect the airport to the rest of the O-Train system.
  • Sacramento International Airport – future plans calls for a light rail line that would connect to Sacramento Station.
  • St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport – A Light Rail station is planned as part of a 16-station LRT system currently in the planning phase.
  • Toronto Pearson International Airport – Toronto Subway's Line 5 Eglinton or Line 6 Finch West LRT lines are two potential links planned to be extended to the airport in the future. As of 2020, the Line 5 Eglinton West Extension is in the planning stages and will open by 2030–2031. Metrolinx is also studying to divert the Kitchener line towards the proposed Regional Transit Centre and once fully completed, the transit centre will link the airport with the majority of the Greater Toronto Area by rail, provide a new terminal adjacent to the centre and relieve Union Station in Toronto.[21]
  • Washington Dulles International Airport will be served by Phase 2 of the Washington Metro Silver Line, now under construction.

South America[]

Oceania[]

  • Auckland, New Zealand
  • Gold Coast, Australia
    • There has been numerous proposals to extend the Gold Coast railway line and/or the Gold Coast light rail to the Gold Coast Airport.[23]
  • Melbourne, Australia:
    • Melbourne Airport – Proposed rail connection between Melbourne's CBD and Melbourne Airport. The most recent proposal, is in the planning stages and proposed to begin construction in 2022 and open in 2031.
    • Avalon Airport – In 2014, land reservation was set aside for a future branch line off the Geelong line near Lara Station to Avalon Airport, and funding for preliminary planning was provided for in the Victorian state budget.[24]
  • Sydney, Australia:
    • Western Sydney Airport via Sydney Metro's Western Sydney Airport line – currently under construction and due to open in 2026.

See also[]

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