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On 28 April 2026, it was proposed that this article be moved from DFW Skylink to Skylink (Dallas Fort Worth International Airport). The result of the discussion was moved.

Contradiction: Skylink topspeed

I received these ->

File:DFW SkyLink Traning handout page 1 2005.jpg

DFW Traning handout page 1 2005

File:DFW SkyLink Traning handout page 2 2005.jpg

DFW SkyLink Traning handout page 2 2005

back in winter of 2005 from a training session at the SkyLink control center before it was handed off from Bombardier. I will ask the Dfw ambassadors program what its speeds are now.... I remember that the top speed is on that long stretch of track before the location of Terminal F

Rainfay 19:59, 9 July 2007 (UTC) I have seen multiple conflicting sources for the topspeed of the Skylink train system.[reply]

The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport page claims that the topspeed is 50mph.
The DFW Airport Website claims that the topspeed is 35mph, but the content is a little old, even though it has been updated at least once since Skylink's opening in 2005.
The Lea+Elliott company website, who worked with Bombardier in developing Skylink, claims that the topspeed is 37mph.

Maybe if someone could contact the various sources involved to get the actual value? Probably not though. For now I just have it marked as 35-37mph. RedPoptarts 12:21, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

After a pretty exhaustive search, the only justification I can find for the 50 mph claim is at [1], which clearly states that the automated people mover planned for Dulles airport will move at 50 mph. The same document reinforces the 35 mph claim substantiated elsewhere for the Skylink system at DFW. The Dulles people mover has the luxury of generally straight paths to follow, which makes higher speeds more attainable.

In any case, barring an actual source that shows the 50 mph claim for Skylink to be justified, I do not believe there is a valid dispute. I have deleted the tags from this article and will proceed to clean up the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport article now. Mmccalpin 17:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Largest?

I don't think the "largest high-speed" claim is very defensible, as eg. AirTrain JFK is clearly longer (8.1mi) and has a maximum speed of 100 km/h [2] or 110 km/h [3] depending on who you ask. Jpatokal (talk) 05:43, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Both large and high-speed need to be defined. Is large defined by the number of passengers it serves? Length or gauge of track? Height or length or number of cars of a train? Area it serves? Then, where is the boundary for high-speed? Certainly it is higher than 50 km/h! 68.35.186.232 (talk) 01:31, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image

I've added an image on the Commons: Commons:Image:DFW rail 01A.jpg. Article is so short and infobox so big that I hesitate to add it, but if this ever grows, please pick it up. - Jmabel | Talk 05:17, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Woon doon?

It appears that one or more editors have taken to referring to Skylink as "Woon doon doon things" or simply using the phrase "woon doon" in this article. Seems pretty clear to me this is vandalism or original research and should be reverted on sight. Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 00:40, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And it's back again... —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 04:29, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction

The introduction contains almost the whole content of the article. That's not what it should do. I think the first to lines are enough. I will change this in a few days.--MrEnglish (talk) 07:53, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 28 April 2026

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 23:38, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

DFW Skylink → Skylink (Dallas Fort Worth International Airport) – As promised and discussed a bit here. The current article title implies that "DFW Skylink" is the official/common name of the system, but in reality, the official [4] [5] and common [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] name of the system is simply "Skylink". Per WP:NATDIS, while natural disambiguation is preferable when there's a common name, "DFW Skylink" reads like a neologism/Wikipedia-ism, and per WP:NOTNEO, we should be avoiding using neologisms in article titles. A parenthetical with the airport name is already used with other U.S. airport people mover systems, such as the recently concluded and aforementioned SkyLink (Los Angeles International Airport), Skyway (George Bush Intercontinental Airport), Subway (George Bush Intercontinental Airport), eTrain (Miami International Airport), Skytrain (Miami International Airport), AirTrain (San Francisco International Airport), and AeroTrain (Dulles International Airport). OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 22:14, 28 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support Per OrdinaryScarlett's very well reasoned request. -- RickyCourtney (talk) 23:55, 28 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support Weelilbit (talk) 21:04, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.