NEW Heathrow POD cars - full ride from London Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 to Business Car Park B

London Heathrow Airport's innovative new Ultra POD transport system connects Terminal 5 with the airport's extensive Business Car Park areas. The British-developed system is one of the first examples of new personal rapid transit technology that could benefit many parts of the world in the future.
Each pod is designed to carry up to four people and their luggage (including pushchairs and bulky items) in temperature-controlled comfort. The pods do not require a ticket and are free to use. They operate on an 'on demand' basis, so there is no waiting around for timetabled services, and no stops along the way. Just jump in and go!
The futuristically-styled pods are driverless and self-steering, and run automatically along designated tracks (called 'glideways'). They are electrically powered and travel on rubber wheels, giving a smooth quiet ride. A central computer monitors demand and ensures that pods are available at the right places at the right time. The Heathrow glideways are approximately 2.4 miles (3.8 km) long, and the journey time from Terminal 5 to the Business Car Park areas is about five minutes.
This POD transport system is an example of 'green transport' in action - it is energy efficient and low emission, and replaces an estimated 50,000 bus journeys per year. In addition is has considerably shortened journey times between Terminal 5 and Heathrow's Business Car Parks.
** Also check out • London Heathrow Pods -... ** Same ride but in the other direction, with fewer rain drops obscuring the view and an exciting moment when a plane goes right overhead! **

[@DaiLusional]

I was waiting for the Jurassic Park music to start playing... 😆

[@GiantCheeseItMan]

Daistar Gaming. Same

[@lisaemilyfox6848]

They're so cute. I wish this is how we got around all the time! I didn't think they'd go so fast!

[@graythewolf6096]

They can go faster I bet! Maybe 150 MPH.

[@hithisisachannel8747]

No. Their max speed is 40mph I think, correct me if I'm wrong. No, it was 40kph, so it's roughly around 25mph.

[@app8790]

These things are so slow

[@Ketta139]

u dont even need to visit theme parks anymore just go to a airport lmao

[@missnlahi]

missljean exactly what I was thinking

[@cyndie26]

West Virginia University and Copenhagen also have driverless cars like these, but Copenhagen has a full metro system with these.

[@njhtrains]

lazy! lame

[@markorollo.]

I think I actually love these things lol. they would be good as public transport for people like me, I'm a wheelchair user and don't like crowds, specially on things like trams where you sometimes get crowded by people standing around you, or buses (if I can actually get on one) so a pod that would only be used by myself and people I knew, or just me by myself would be wonderful.

[@MrOrthopedia]

I'm legally blind, so this type of transport would be awesome for me.

[@tigerise114]

Mrothropidia how are you watching this if you are blind?

[@MrOrthopedia]

tigerise 11 I said legally blind. I can't see that well. I have to be as close to the screen.

[@markorollo.]

2 years later and i still think i love these things. i wish we could have them as personal vehicles, as a none driver they would be perfect.

[@johnwang9914]

With the wide popularity of dedicated bicycle paths, I wish they would just make two seat versions just large enough for a wheelchair and a helper to operate on these "bicycle paths", the speeds are consistent with bicycle travel and sensors can avoid collisions. But just as public transit officials see PRT as an existential threat to their LRT, BRT, and bus funding despite the fact that PRT could be the collectors and distributors for the last mile problem of public transit, I'll bet cycling advocates would also mindlessly oppose PRT's especially if they were to share the guideways. PRT's are the most sensible form of a transportation network but it seems that everyone from public transit to automobile manufacturers are actively against the concept.

[@tjfSIM]

We've arrived in the future! This is really cool, I've seen these cars zipping around while watching the planes landing, but never ridden on one. I think this has to be the future for urban transport - quiet, efficient and comfortable - it's positively utopian!

[@wisehat_yt]

What’s futuristic about this?

[@smrtc651productions]

Freddie2004.13 Self driving vehicles

[@MS46532]

@@wisehat_yt No driviers No rails.

[@johnwang9914]

The thing is, the concept is amazingly low tech. The vehicles are guided by the curbs on either side of the guideways and the batteries are just twelve volt lead acid batteries similar to car batteries except rated for deep discharge cycles. The guideways were supposed to be simpler and less costly than sidewalks with elevated sections simply being supported corrugated steel plates for the wheel tracks but as you can see, they were pressured to make the guideways much more substantial and protected from pedestrians by chain Link fencing even on elevated sections basically increasing what could've been less than two million US a mile to probably something around the cost of roads for automobiles between 10 million and twenty million a mile. Ultimately, the problem is that it's more profitable to build private automobiles which are directly financed by consumers, purchased repeatedly as fashion changes, using roads built by public funds, and where let ability is deferred directly to the consumer then to build something that are efficient and practical such as these PRT's. If you would rather see sensible transportation like these PRT's then you need to write constantly to your political representatives and to your public transit organizations as there's no profit motivation for these projects at least not when compared to alternatives.

[@gavincrowley562]

You are going ti the fricking future, please press start

[@p00pie]

lol!

[@wilsdentrump6070]

Film Now Edit Later lol

[@Prem-be5kg]

I love this. Its just a fast way of going from one place to another. The big difference is you dont have to wait for a bunch of people to get on you can just go on by yourself as a family. And you dont have to keep stopping. You can just go at once. This is really awesome and great!!!

[@casimirsavage]

Feel like I'm watching that scene from The Incredibles 🤣

[@alexanderbelleteste9927]

Omg it reminds of the incredibles when mister incredible runs around that desert island and you can see similar looking pods driving around

[@MS46532]

Alexander Belleteste I know what you mean

[@scottdouglas170]

'Open the pod bay doors, Hal!' 'Sorry, Dave, I can't do that!' "Bollucks!!!!'' Seriously, it looks like a great application of modern technology.

[@solomonjonathan]

Heathrow is the Best Airport i've ever seen. The services they provide are great.

[@SCskiACE]

There is one in the United States. It is called the PRT in Morgantown West Virginia it stands for the personal rapid transit system it goes through the whole university

[@jonathanpredonzan2991]

of course, it's raining

[@juicylemon4154]

José Mourinho what do you expect. It was filmed in November

[@susanellis7780]

Takes me back to a TV series. The Jetsons.

[@uniquelydezined-artistkath7425]

HA! I just said that today! lol

[@lewischoy134]

Susan Ellis ，

[@rd2246]

Every City should have them

[@juliocesargamboasalazar1976]

Heathrow simply the best of the world.

[@cringefest7841]

I might go to Heathrow just to ride this lmao

[@Mutleytech]

These little pods are the cutest things ever! Love it!

[@utopistmsoc]

See this shit kids? This shit is the future.

[@cameroncalzone8860]

and it's from 5 years ago!

[@fionacohen_]

Actually THE PAST

[@utopistmsoc]

Fiona Cohen What are you all talking about? It is October, 2009 now. Haha, you got me, clever ironic answers.

[@utopistmsoc]

Hey, everything will be OK. What´s next, you gonna tell me that Donald Trump wants to be President?!

[@cameroncalzone8860]

if only we had known

[@Statimtek]

Looks like this has been around for a while, but that is absolutely brilliant.We need more systems like this.

[@NelsonClick]

This is so damn COOL! I want to go to London England just to ride one. I want to ride in this Pod while talking on my iPhone and editing documents on my iPad. I only wish this thing had an iLoo so I can take an iCrap.

[@colettepippa6529]

Looks great. Unless you were a Bus Driver of the 50,000 odd Bus Journeys previously!!!

[@marksmales2204]

Looks like Test Track at Disney gone personnel carrier.

[@j0ely]

I was thinking about Test Track while watching this too lmao

[@13BD]

What a great place for a quickie as you on your way!

[@karendeng6061]

This is like riding a roller coaster!!

[@SantiGuetta2024]

Wow that heathrow pod cars are amazing

[@blaznphoenix8013]

Looks like a nice peacefully ride.

[@AtticTapes14]

Looks futuristic

[@PuertoRican88]

the future is now, awesome!!!

[@BrokebackBob]

Insanely cool and well done. Technology at it's best.

[@guitartec]

Hey, Look... ANOTHER COOL THING AMERICA DOESN'T HAVE.

[@OortCloud]

guitartec SHUT TH HELL UP YOU GUYS DONT HAVE 150 MPH ACELAS DO YOU?

[@wuhazet]

hej guitartec, a co to Ameryka to pępek świata?

[@DaChaGee]

TimePro No. We have the 157 mph Hitachi Javelin and the 200 mph Eurostar e320!!

[@FireHawkGaming]

TimePro nah, we have 188mph Eurostars. Also our trains cover less distance because the UK is smaller.

[@Mari-bi8dg]

Well americas escalators are better you guys have a escalator for an TROLLEY

[@mayaneunie1313]

me and my five friends went on holiday and we took one of those to get to terminal five. it was so cool and fun. we got a lot of chatting time and the veiw was awsome

[@sangurung5054]

Wow man that view 😍

[@keith6400]

I have been on one of these from the terminal to the car park and back. They drive straight down the middle of the road on a one way system and never orertake as there is no room. They go amazingly fast.

[@dashcamuk23]

These are awesome. Terminal 5 is the king

[@Kristen70364]

OH MY GOD, WE'RE IN THE FUTURE.

[@carolinekelly3415]

Hello, thank you kindly for sharing this great engineering FRIENDS!!!! I never knew these POD CARS existed?? Were they around in 2004?? I have never seen or heard of them before. Absolutely marvellous AUTOMATED TECHNOLOGY that gives me hope. I appreciate you connecting!!! I have learned something new!!!!!!!

[@Masterjedi688]

I love this.

[@wdh47211]

That was awesome. I would ride that just to check it out.

[@KARTAVIDEO2TRAINS]

Incredibly all systems appear automatic. Very sophisticated. Your country is great in technology. Hopefully our country can miss out on developed countries like your country. greetings from Indonesia

[@efrem1]

Nice, a personalized self serve shuttle. Neat.

[@TheKevinV08]

That is quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen!

[@mysticloverfairy1]

That's so cool I am going to be going to England with one of my sister and hope we go on one of these

[@jordannelson4898]

Omg this is so cool! So futuristic!!

[@TravelToTheWorldAaliyahtravel]

Thanks for upload ❤️

[@ignaciospreafichi978]

wow!!! thanks for sharing

[@coolerise2099]

Amazing! 👍

[@Sodiumreactor]

Thank you for choosing Johnny Cab!

[@momwrestfan65]

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[@kentokyo]

This is amazing !!!!! I wish they built this at airports in Japan.

[@sbriscoe13]

sweet! cant wait to try it myself

[@MJBYouTubeNetwork]

These are so adorable! These airport pods are so cute I can't stop laughing! I like these. Us up here in New York City don't have these :( I wish we did. You go to JFK International Airport, you'll get an AirTrain. London, England is definitely on my Winter Wonderland bucket list.

[@luvvideos07]

I would go to the airport just to ride in these pods. LOL

[@lolhahah21]

I agree!. I think airports are TOO fun for all the reasons that makes airports fun. But I think it makes it especially amazing because they remind us of when we went to some place that we loved and met friends/relatives/that.special.someone etc.. So like even when we go and drop someone off at the airport and we stand inside the airport, we get nostalgic and we wish to soon go back to that place we love so much.,,. :) I Just realized this but I've always thought about it all

[@Altenholz]

Very smart concept- like it!

[@jasonelate3536]

They did a great job

[@iloveekjsha4737]

Ohh , I was on the bus once and I saw these little purple pods and I was like wth are those ? Now I know lol.

[@carolinegray5297]

Great idea new way of transport

[@MrKawaiiKing]

👑 Wow!! This is so cool! America needs to step up it's game!👑

[@supercat380]

innovative and practical. Well-done to the initiators of this practical concept!!

[@Serene6703]

wow love these!

[@FilipeFerro]

airports are so much fun!

[@kkrispy2009P]

Pods are ace thumbs up

[@josephtribe9633]

Great video

[@jemmyhadar]

This was a perfect time to record this video besides it looks nicer on a rainy day contrast is alot better and the vehicles colors come out alot more plus the lighting it sorta gives you that calm feeling and also makes it feel alot more adventurous

[@minion986]

Now that is one of the coolest things i have seen

[@franki3Ru550]

That's futuristic!

[@thestring51]

this is so cool

[@omgmarcus3644]

That was fun!

[@noxious_nights]

It would be so cool to ride one of these to school

[@bobbypaluga4346]

Looks great, works for me

[@jazzterry-short7998]

I didn't know England had anything cool and futuristic like this.

[@ZeldaACFan17]

These look fast!

[@tblomsterjr]

That's so cool!

[@grigb8779]

All this for a car park?!? woah

[@ronik330]

Grig B It has other destinations

[@therikilakeshow]

It's so futuristic

[@LondonUpClose]

Yes, they are! You can ride the PODs as much as you want (within reason of course - they are supervised by camera, so if you overdo it it's possible you get told off over the intercom)

[@basictransportenthusiast4386]

This is so dope

[@kwas101]

That. Is. So. Cool!!!!!!

[@mccoyschannel777]

Awesome video I wish I rode that and go to london

[@alexleo172]

Instead for taking a lonely pod train to press the button. Take a skytrain in the Eastern airport of Singapore,Changi Airport. Watch cinema,enjoy in the pool and others!

[@dearnimahadura4195]

Wow awesome!

[@chappye7]

This is really cool

[@MatthewHanson93]

Love it!

[@ursulasmith6402]

Leesville Louisiana needs them desperately.

[@DaChaGee]

Total Recall!!

[@robloxfan4271]

they need these as taxis and buses it would save a lot of time and would be better for the planet

[@josephtribe9633]

Your video is very good

[@Acard89]

If this is all that my trip to London involved, I'd be totally satisfied with that : )

[@Jacob_is_Live]

Reminds me of jurassic park ride ... im gonna try to go there

[@user-im1rk3dm2n]

Awesome

[@iamkieranm]

This looks so awesome. Kinda reminds me of PIXAR's The Incredibles in a way.

[@jordanbatista1358]

that is so awesome!!!!!!!!

[@doe26449]

THAT IS AWESOME

[@Jonmpan]

Fantastic

[@MJforever127i]

ooh love it. so cool.

[@anaviveri]

this is so great

[@clareclark3510]

So cool

[@steamingheavenh8114]

I would go to Heathrow just to ride this looks fun lol

[@IZzwizZYx]

Finally in the future.. Total Recall.

[@reilea9977]

Sooo freaking cool.