The Gatwick Rapid Transit Systems

Consideration is given to the queue lengths and delays experienced by passengers travelling on the Rapid Transit Systems which are used to transport passengers between the various terminals at Gatwick Airport. An appraisal of the possible use of analytic bulk-service queueing models is first reported, but the results of the study were obtained using simulation techniques. It is shown that the present Gatwick systems are capable of adequately dealing with present day levels of demand, and evidence is produced to show that even substantial increases in passenger throughput could be easily accommodated.