{"id":60072,"date":"2019-07-16T08:47:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T07:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=60072"},"modified":"2019-07-16T08:47:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T07:47:20","slug":"hs2-people-mover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hs2-people-mover\/60072\/","title":{"rendered":"HS2 unveils designs for new People Mover transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>HS2 has revealed the designs for its new \u201cpeople mover\u201d which will provide fast and frequent transport between its Interchange Station in Solihull, through to Birmingham Airport<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs2.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HS2<\/a> unveiled the visuals for its new people mover at the first of a series of events to share emerging designs with the public and explain the role that the people mover will play.<\/p>\n<p>When fully operational, the people mover will carry up to 2,100 passengers per hour in each direction.<\/p>\n<p>HS2 has been working closely with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ugcsolihull.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban Growth Company<\/a> (UGC) in Solihull to include extra design elements which will support wider growth plans at the UK Central Hub. This includes modifying the alignment of the people mover as part of a major redevelopment at Birmingham International Station to create a new, multi-modal transport exchange.<\/p>\n<p>The approximately 20-metre long vehicles will depart from each stop every 3 minutes. They will pick up passengers from Interchange Station, and then travel 2.3 kilometres across an elevated viaduct stopping at Birmingham International Railway Station, the National Exhibition Centre, before reaching Birmingham Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The viaduct will be 12 metres off the ground at its highest point, and the 3 stops will be fully accessible, designed using colour to provide clear wayfinding for passengers, while information screens and audio announcements will provide live journey updates to communicate both HS2 and People Mover services.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Thurston, CEO of HS2 Ltd, said: \u201cHS2 is about connecting the country, and the people mover is another example of how we will do that. This entire area in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/house-of-lords-report\/57189\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands<\/a>, and the wider regions across the UK will be able to capitalise on the connectivity that Birmingham Interchange Station brings and the people mover is an integral part of this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe high speed connection into Interchange Station opens up the UK Central Hub, the NEC, Birmingham International station and Birmingham Airport to new business and leisure customers who might not have chosen this area previously. With the airport being only 6 minutes from the station, it means better options for air travellers, and makes it more accessible to even more of the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Bretherton, managing director of the Urban Growth Company, added: \u201cThe\u00a0APM\u00a0will be a vital and exciting link, connecting HS2 and the Arden Cross site to the NEC and Birmingham Airport, making the whole area easily navigable for those choosing to live, work or play here. Our work to coordinate the views of local stakeholders will continue to ensure that the final\u00a0APM\u00a0design fully supports the economic growth we are predicting here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn particular, our planned redevelopment of Birmingham International Station to accommodate a realigned\u00a0APM, will make sure the Interchange Station is fully connected to the local and regional transport network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60075 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/HS2-unveils-designs-for-new-People-Mover-transport-1.jpg\" alt=\"people mover, HS2,\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/HS2-unveils-designs-for-new-People-Mover-transport-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/HS2-unveils-designs-for-new-People-Mover-transport-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/HS2-unveils-designs-for-new-People-Mover-transport-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/HS2-unveils-designs-for-new-People-Mover-transport-1-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/HS2-unveils-designs-for-new-People-Mover-transport-1-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HS2 has revealed the designs for its new \u201cpeople mover\u201d which will provide frequent transport between its Interchange Station in Solihull, through to Birmingham Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[473,579,280],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-hs2","8":"tag-infrastructure","9":"tag-transport"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HS2 unveils designs for new People Mover transport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HS2 has revealed designs for its \u201cpeople mover\u201d which will provide fast transport between its Interchange Station in Solihull, through to Birmingham Airport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hs2-people-mover\/60072\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HS2 unveils designs for new People Mover transport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HS2 has revealed the designs for its new \u201cpeople mover\u201d which will provide fast and frequent transport between its Interchange Station in Solihull, through to Birmingham Airport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hs2-people-mover\/60072\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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