DENVER — The trains to gates at the Denver International Airport “temporarily stopped” on Tuesday morning, according to the airport.
The airport announced the issue at 10:27 a.m. on Twitter and said they were operational again at 10:51 a.m., though passengers reported a much longer wait.
Travelers on Twitter reported waiting at the train platform area for 45 minutes as of 10:34 a.m. Passenger Garrett Burgess told Denver7 he had waited more than 50 minutes for a train and people were “packed like sardines on the only trams that are here.”
Others reported missing their flight.
While airlines were aware of the delay, each one will make the call to hold flights or not, the airport said.
Both north and south security checkpoints were metered during the closure. They were still being metered after the trains started up again to allow the train platforms to clear.
Anybody flying out of the A Gates can use the A Bridge security and walk to the A Gates.
However, DIA does not have a way to walk to any of the other Gates. The airport said it is “exploring other ideas to provide an alternate way to get to B and C” on Tuesday.
Photos show a tightly packed crowd of people waiting near the trains and stopped security lines.
In August 2021, emergency repairs at DIA reduced capacity at the trains and created a 10-hour delay for travelers getting from the terminal to the concourses. After the repairs were complete, the airport said in a statement: “We are committed to exploring options to provide alternate ways to move passengers between the terminal and concourses and improving our process when incidents like this occur.”
As of now, no alternate ideas have been announced.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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