Talk:DFW Skylink

Contradiction: Skylink topspeed
I received these -> back in winter of 2005 from a training session at the SkyLink control center before it was handed off from Bombardier. I will ask the Dfw ambassadors program what its speeds are now.... I remember that the top speed is on that long stretch of track before the location of Terminal F Rainfay 19:59, 9 July 2007 (UTC) I have seen multiple conflicting sources for the topspeed of the Skylink train system.
 * The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport page claims that the topspeed is 50mph.
 * The DFW Airport Website claims that the topspeed is 35mph, but the content is a little old, even though it has been updated at least once since Skylink's opening in 2005.
 * The Lea+Elliott company website, who worked with Bombardier in developing Skylink, claims that the topspeed is 37mph.

Maybe if someone could contact the various sources involved to get the actual value? Probably not though. For now I just have it marked as 35-37mph. RedPoptarts 12:21, 3 February 2007 (UTC)


 * After a pretty exhaustive search, the only justification I can find for the 50 mph claim is at, which clearly states that the automated people mover planned for Dulles airport will move at 50 mph. The same document reinforces the 35 mph claim substantiated elsewhere for the Skylink system at DFW.  The Dulles people mover has the luxury of generally straight paths to follow, which makes higher speeds more attainable.


 * In any case, barring an actual source that shows the 50 mph claim for Skylink to be justified, I do not believe there is a valid dispute. I have deleted the tags from this article and will proceed to clean up the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport article now.    Mmccalpin 17:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Largest?
I don't think the "largest high-speed" claim is very defensible, as eg. AirTrain JFK is clearly longer (8.1mi) and has a maximum speed of 100 km/h or 110 km/h  depending on who you ask. Jpatokal (talk) 05:43, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Both large and high-speed need to be defined. Is large defined by the number of passengers it serves? Length or gauge of track? Height or length or number of cars of a train? Area it serves? Then, where is the boundary for high-speed? Certainly it is higher than 50 km/h! 68.35.186.232 (talk) 01:31, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Image
I've added an image on the Commons: Commons:Image:DFW rail 01A.jpg. Article is so short and infobox so big that I hesitate to add it, but if this ever grows, please pick it up. - Jmabel | Talk 05:17, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Woon doon?
It appears that one or more editors have taken to referring to Skylink as "Woon doon doon things" or simply using the phrase "woon doon" in this article. Seems pretty clear to me this is vandalism or original research and should be reverted on sight. Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. &mdash;/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 00:40, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * And it's back again... &mdash;/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 04:29, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Introduction
The introduction contains almost the whole content of the article. That's not what it should do. I think the first to lines are enough. I will change this in a few days.--MrEnglish (talk) 07:53, 29 July 2010 (UTC)