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Passengers disembark from the "people mover" train at Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport on April 18, 2022. The Airport Transit System resumed full service operations.
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Passengers disembark from the “people mover” train at Terminal 1 at O’Hare International Airport on April 18, 2022. The Airport Transit System resumed full service operations.

O’Hare’s ‘people mover’ resumes 24-hour service

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Passengers disembark from the “people mover” train at Terminal 1 at O’Hare International Airport on April 18, 2022. The Airport Transit System resumed full service operations.
A passenger rides the ATS “people mover” train at O’Hare International Airport on April 18, 2022.
Passengers disembark from an Airport Transit System train on April 18, 2022, at O'Hare International Airport.
Passengers disembark from an Airport Transit System train on April 18, 2022, at O’Hare International Airport.
Passengers ride the ATS “people mover” train between terminals, April 18, 2022, at O’Hare International Airport.
The new ATS, or “people mover” train, travels between the Multi-Modal Facility and the passenger terminals, Nov. 2, 2021.
Air travelers ride the “people mover” train at O’Hare International Airport, Nov. 8, 2021.
The new Airport Transit System, or “people mover” train, moves between the passenger terminals, Nov. 2, 2021, at O’Hare International Airport a day before reopening to the public.
The new ATS, or “people mover” train, arrives at the Multi-Modal Facility, Nov. 2, 2021, at O’Hare International Airport.
Chicago Department of Aviation Chief Development Officer Robert Hoxie and Commissioner Jamie L. Rhee take a look at a train car for the new Airport Transit System, Nov. 2, 2021.
Chicago Department of Aviation Chief Development Officer Robert Hoxie and Commissioner Jamie L. Rhee take a look at a train car for the new Airport Transit System, Nov. 2, 2021.
The Terminal 5 station for the new Airport Transit System at O'Hare International Airport.
The Terminal 5 station for the new Airport Transit System at O’Hare International Airport.
The new Airport Transit System, or “people mover” train, is reflected in the terminal windows as it travels Nov. 2, 2021, at O’Hare International Airport a day before reopening to the public.
The new people mover train arrives at the passenger terminals on Nov. 2, 2021, at O'Hare International Airport.
The new people mover train arrives at the passenger terminals on Nov. 2, 2021, at O’Hare International Airport.
A “people mover” train does a test run April 14, 2020, at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.
Travelers head to and from destinations on May 26, 2021 as shuttle buses line up outside Terminal 3 at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Buses replaced the “people mover” during its construction.
A “people mover” test train is parked May 26, 2021, above shuttle buses lined up at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.
Travelers prepare May 26, 2021, to board shuttle buses outside Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
Travelers prepare May 26, 2021, to board shuttle buses outside Terminal 3 at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.
A traveler heaves a large bag May 26, 2021, after hopping off a shuttle bus outside Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
A traveler heaves a large bag May 26, 2021, after hopping off a shuttle bus outside Terminal 3 at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.
A plane comes in for landing May 26, 2021, as shuttle buses line up at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. The airport’s “people mover” train was closed.
Rich Rossiter, left, and John Wolfe, of Palatine, try to figure out if they're on the correct shuttle bus May 26, 2021, after arriving home to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport following a trip to Florida.
Rich Rossiter, left, and John Wolfe, of Palatine, try to figure out if they’re on the correct shuttle bus May 26, 2021, after arriving home to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport following a trip to Florida.
Travelers head into Terminal 3 on May 26, 2021, after exiting shuttle buses at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
Travelers head into Terminal 3 on May 26, 2021, after exiting shuttle buses at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
A traveler walks to a parking lot May 26, 2021, as shuttle buses line up outside the multimodal facility at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
A traveler walks to a parking lot May 26, 2021, as shuttle buses line up outside the multimodal facility at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.
Shuttle buses line up outside the multimodal facility May 26, 2021, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
Shuttle buses line up outside the multimodal facility May 26, 2021, at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.
Travelers board an arriving shuttle bus May 26, 2021, in Economy Lot G at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
Travelers board an arriving shuttle bus May 26, 2021, in Economy Lot G at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
A “people mover” train sits outside the terminals April 14, 2020, during test runs at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago.
A shuttle bus drives beneath “people mover” tracks, Dec. 9, 2019, at O’Hare International Airport. A $310 million project to update and expand the people mover began in 2015, but initial plans called for the system to keep operating during the work. That later changed to partial shutdowns during some hours and days, and then a complete shutdown of the system.
Old “people mover” train cars, some covered in graffiti, sit in a lot along Irving Park Road just outside O’Hare International Airport on May 13, 2019.
A “people mover” test train stops on a Terminal 2 platform at O’Hare International Airport on Nov. 12, 2020.
A fenced blocks a closed “people mover” entrance at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, May 20, 2019.

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