The eTrain opened in 2016 and replaced an earlier system that was built in 1980. The original system, which did not have an official name, was built by the
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, whose transportation division is now owned by
Bombardier Transportation. It was Westinghouse's second airport people mover system in
Florida, after the
Tampa International Airport People Movers. It operated in a similar fashion to the current system and used six
Westinghouse C-100 vehicles in two three-car trains, which were also the same vehicles that originally operated on Downtown Miami's
Metromover, which opened in 1986. By the mid 2000s, the system was showing its age. On November 28, 2008, the train on the south guideway failed to stop at the main station and crashed into the wall at the end of the line, injuring seven people. After the crash, the system continued to operate with only the train on the north guideway with the south guideway taken out of service. When the system was replaced with the eTrain, the out-of-service south guideway was converted first with the north train and guideway being converted and replaced once the south train was operational. ==See also==