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The Heathrow Terminal 5 Transit is an automated people mover system (APM) at London Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom. It operates in the Heathrow Terminal 5 complex and conveys air passengers between the main airport terminal and the departure/arrival gates, which are located some distance from the main terminal in satellite buildings.

History
The Terminal 5 APM transit came into operation at the opening of Terminal 5 in 2008. It was the first deployment of the Innovia APM 200. Initially the system had two stops, running between the main Terminal 5A and Terminal 5B, operated with two 3-car APM trains. In 2011, the line was extended to Terminal 5C and APM fleet was expanded to five vehicles.

Route
The Heathrow Terminal 5 APM vehicles run in in a dual-lane tunnel totalling 0.67 km in length. The Transit System has three stations: the main Terminal 5A building (Gates A1-A23), Terminal 5B  (Gates B32-B48),  and Terminal 5C (Gates C52-C66). The people movers operate exclusively "airside", meaning that the system can only by accessed by passengers who have first passed through airport security.

A completely separate personal rapid transit system, the London Heathrow Terminal 5 PRT, operates "landside" between the car parks and Terminal 5.

Vehicles
The transit system is run with a small fleet of nine Bombardier Innovia APM 200 vehicles which convey over 6,500 passengers per hour in each direction.