FL: Tampa Airport's Shuttle Trams Arrive From Japan

July 18, 2017

TAMPA — The trains arrived by boat and are headed to the airport.

Twelve train cars, which cost $1.9 million each, make up the SkyConnect people-mover shuttle system currently being built as part of the $1 billion phase one renovation at Tampa International Airport. The tram cars arrived at Port Tampa Bay from Mitsubishi's plant in Japan Monday morning aboard an auto liner ship.

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