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Originally Posted by Reeder113
I hadn't heard that yet. Thanks for the info.
I do wonder why they're building the train infrastructure, but not the train, itself. Is there a reason they're waiting? Is it just too short a distance to justify the cost?
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In one of the meetings it was brought up that a train between the two concourses would be among the shortest at any airport, the cost was certainly a factor as well. Another reason they cite is that average walking distance will be significantly cut when the Central Tunnel opens, there will likely be less griping about it when people aren't walking nearly a mile from the curb to certain B gates.
I should also add that the original plan had Delta ultimately occupying the B gates so most people there wouldn't be entering or exiting via ground anyways. (Unsure if this is still the plan though.)
As to why they are building it now? Same reason they built the mid tunnel in the 2000s, are building an extension of the Central Tunnel past north concourse, and have prepared space for another TSA screening area. SLCDA likes to keep ahead of the times, adding space to the tunnel in the 2040s or 2050s when everything is built would cost much more than it costs to build it now.