The Luton DART is an innovative passenger transit system, connecting Luton Airport Parkway station to London Luton Airport in under 4 minutes.

Construction on the Luton DART started in April 2018, and it was announced that the system would be a Cable Liner, manufactured by the Austrian transit manufacturer, Doppelmayr Cable Car (DCC), that also has a contract to operate the system for the first five years. The vehicles were built by the Austrian cabin manufacturer Carvatech.

Working on behalf of the UK’s Department of Transport, LECS UK was appointed to the project to advise on stage 1 and stage 2 authorisation under the Cableways Installations Regulations.

Dave Cooper, CEO of LECS UK, said: “These are very complex systems so the primary focus is safety. The aim of the Cableways Installations Regulations is to govern the safe design and operation of cableway installations. The directive covers funicular railways, cliff lifts, cable cars, gondolas, chair lifts and drag lifts as well as subsystems and safety components. Any cableway built or modified after 1986 must comply.”