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This is a route-map template for the Gatwick Airport Shuttle Transit, a UK automated people mover.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Gatwick Airport Shuttle Transit is a 0.75-mile (1.21 km) long elevated automated people mover that links the North and South Terminals at London's Gatwick Airport. The line is ground-side, and besides linking the two terminals also serves to link the North terminal to the airport railway station .
Gatwick is also accessible from the A23, which serves Horley and Redhill to the north and Crawley and Brighton to the south. The A217 provides access northwards to the town of Reigate. The airport has long- and short-stay car parks at the airport and off-site, although these are often full in summer. Local restrictions limit parking at Gatwick.
Vueling S.A. (/ ˈ v w ɛ. l ɪ ŋ /, VWE-ling) is a Spanish low-cost airline based at Viladecans in Greater Barcelona with operating bases at Barcelona–El Prat Airport (main); Paris-Orly Airport in Paris, France; Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy (secondary).
The airport terminal has an area of 548,000 m 2 (5,900,000 sq ft), an aircraft ramp of 600,000 m 2 (6,500,000 sq ft), 13,000 new parking spaces and 45 new gates expandable to 60. This terminal is also capable of handling large aircraft like the Airbus A380-800 or Boeing 747-8I.
In 1946, Gatwick station was renamed Gatwick Racecourse until 1958. The station had fallen out of regular use after the opening of nearby Tinsley Green/Gatwick Airport Station. [11] In the early 1950s, the airport was expanded over land formerly occupied by the racecourse, and it was decided to rebuild the station.