IMPORTANT: Elevating Denver is becoming NK Exploration! Welcome to (Elevating Denver) NK Exploration! Active since 2013, here you will find raw videos of all things commercial and urban exploration! Everything from building tours (abandoned and not) to commercial systems like elevators and trains. See below for more details.
Traditional Elevating Denver video uploads: -Elevators -Hotel Tours -Airport Trains
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I haven't been to DIA in a while but to me as a passenger the new cars seem pretty much the same as the old ones. From the comments, though, it sounds like they have a smoother ride.
You know the older side is actually aged well. It doesn't actually look that bad. It could use some upgrades here and there but it doesn't totally have to be gutted. Even though I know they are doing it
I saw that they walled off the smaller regional gates side last time I was there. I honestly like the way it was. Supposedly the entirety of the old concourses will be remodeled to look like the new ones.
I don't know what will happen to the 16 initial cars (idk if they are C-100s or CX-100s).They are probably going to take some of the parts from them as spares for the other CX-100s which are still in service. But the new trains definitely looks impressive and are an upgrade. Heard that Tampa and Kuala Lumper are going to buy more APM-300R trains to displace their aging CX-100s.
Oh wow wee. I don't live too far from that building. I was actually in it back in 1995 or so but I didn't ride the elevator. It didn't have those stainless steel outer doors. I think it may have even been gated. The inner door closing with the outer door open is indeed strange but at the same time, I have seen an elevator in the Boulder Courthouse arrive at the floor but sit with it's inner door closed until I open the outer swing door. Another elevator in Boulder with a swing door would close it's inner door after I got out and closed the outer door. If I opened the outer door, the inner door would then open. The one here closed up despite the outer door being open, that's the part where it differs from the ones I rode in Boulder.
Thanks for commenting these timestamps. I've been looking at doing time stamps for my tours in general. Some people want to see just specific things, which is harder without the timestamp chapters.
Them new train cars must ride smooth don’t they? I know I’ve been hearing a lot about those new train cars. And a little curious. Although the interior of those new train cars are super nice.
They smart carded Mandalay Bay, Luxor, and Excalibur too. There was also security near the Excalibur and Luxor elevators too. Hopefully MGM realizes that this system is flawed and replaces with something else.
WOOOO cant wait to see more of these in the red paint scheme go into service on the historic "Plane Train" at Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport; the 1ST APM system of its kind in the world!
There is a shopping mall in Seoul South Korea that I frequented, called APM, Clothes on point, like Mall city, with all them malls, i was in every one of them.
I was volunteering (I’m one of the people with plaid jackets and cowboy hats) at the airport last week and got surprised by one of these. Very cool! I was in Car 32 and it had audio issues during announcements.
That's cool. I wanted to volunteer at the airport when I was in high school for my required hours, except I lived in Parker so that was not very efficient. I noticed some Audio issues on car 40 when I rode that one too. I still miss the old 1995 recordings in general though.
@@ElevatingDenver - well if you’re still interested in in the College Student program and it’s a lotta fun! I recommend it. But back to the recordings, when I’ve looked up old clips of the train back then I noticed that they use the word “Concourse A/B/C” I wonder why they switched to “Gates.” Maybe it’s just simpler?
The reasoning they switched to "gates" was because of people being unable to understand the term "concourse" a few years back. Now they're going back and forth on using concourse and gates interchangeably. I've noticed on new signage they don't have any words on it, which is honestly more confusing than either of the terms.
Honestly, while the screens are more modern and fancy, the plain red text actually seems easier to use. Instead of having to make out all the added details, the red on black text has good contrast and a concise message. For example, on the platforms they replaced the red LEDs years ago. The old messages simply said "train arriving" or "To Concourses A, B, C". The new ones display the full voice announcement in smaller text.
Thank you for taking a video of this. I actually came across news segments from some local Denver news stations about this, and I was wondering if someone already took a video of this train.
So far it's just me and an airport employee who have videos. I'm surprised I managed to get the first one out even before their official launch. Glad you enjoyed this video!
They just started using the new one on Monday, there will be two of these new trains operating starting in August. If you fly here again soon, you'll probably see them.
9:10 Find any lizard people? 9:35 There's a hidden interchange to the south of the Terminal? How Cool!! Does a ride on the new train cars feel faster than one on the old ones?
Lol, gotta love the lizard people jokes here. Right now the new trains traveling at the speed of the old trains because they have to run with the old ones. Eventually, the speed will be closer 40 mph when these fully replace the old ones. I do think they accelerate and decelerate a little smoother and quicker though. It's definitely much better ride quality.
I bet they’ll park the old ones and use all new ones during peak travel seasons (ie Thanksgiving, Christmas week) so they can go faster and move more passengers around.
@@mashy712 the new ones will replace the old cars as they arrive in sets of 4. The airport currently has 6 new vehicles last I checked. The first train was added with the old ones for a total of 8 trains running at a time.
