Ultra is a personal rapid transit podcar system developed by the British engineering company Ultra Global PRT.
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An Ultra Pod at Heathrow Airport in 2012
The interior of a Heathrow Pod
Heathrow pods at Pod Parking station A in 2025
Heathrow Terminal 5
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Heathrow Terminal 5 is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London. Opened in 2008, the main building in the complex is the largest free-standing structure in the United K
Ultra (personal rapid transit)
…in London in May 2011 and is referred to as the Heathrow pod system. It consists of 21 vehicles operating on a 3.9-kilometre (2.4 mi) route connecting Terminal 5 to its business passenger car park, just north of the airport. To reduce construction costs, Ultra largely uses off-the-shelf technologies, such as…
Terminal 5A exterior
Terminal 5 under construction in July 2006. The frontal car park building can be seen to the left, air side is to the right
The main building from the air
Interior of Heathrow Terminal 5, with check-in visible on the left, and arrivals at bottom right.