page_title: PHX Sky Train
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: PHX Sky Train / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Sky Train construction, viewed from Terminal 4 to T3. The concrete guideway, which dives under taxiways S and T, is largely complete. The steel skeleton of the T3 station rises in the background. Photo taken May, 2013.
context_page_description: The PHX Sky Train is an electric people mover at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. The first segment opened to the public on April 8, 2013. The second segment, extending the train to Terminal 3, opened on December 8, 2014. The 24/7 service operates free of charge, with trains running every 3-5 minutes.
  The PHX Sky Train is gradually replacing shuttle buses. Inter-terminal shuttle bus service was discontinued on January 15, 2015. Rental car shuttle buses remain in service, but are planned to be eliminated when the final PHX Sky Train segment extends the people mover to the Rental Car Center in 2022.
  The PHX Sky Train features a 100-foot-tall bridge over Taxiway R, one of three taxiways which connects the north and south runways. This is the first transit bridge in the world to be built over an active taxiway. The bridge is tall enough to allow for Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 aircraft to pass under.
context_section_description: Phase 1 consists of a 1.7 miles (2.7 km) segment  constructed between December 2008 and April 2013. It links Terminal 4, the East Economy Parking lot, and the 44th Street/Washington station of the Valley Metro Rail. The guideway runs in a new underpass (below the Union Pacific railroad), past the jet-fuel tank farm, and alongside 44th Street. At an estimated cost of $1.58 billion, phase 1 opened April 8, 2013.
  Phase 1a, which opened December 8, 2014, extended the train from Terminal 4 to Terminal 3. A 0.25-mile (0.40 km) covered walkway connected the Terminal 3 station with Terminal 2 until Terminal 2 closed in February 2020.
caption: Phase 1a construction as of May 2013, viewed from Terminal 4 to T3. The concrete guideway, largely complete, dives under Taxiways S and T, then rises to enter the skeleton of the T3 station
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