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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A consortium including ACS ACS.MC and its German builder Hochtief HOTG.DE has been named as the recommended developer for a $1.95 billion rail project at Los Angeles International Airport, Hochtief said on Saturday.

The public-private partnership (PPP) rail project includes planning, financing, construction, and 25-year operation of an automated above-ground transport system connecting parking lots, hire car points and metro light rail stations with the airline terminals at the second-biggest airport in the United States.

The consortium comprises ACS Infrastructure Development, ACS's Dragados USA, HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions, Hochtief's Flatiron, Fluor FLR.N, Balfour Beatty BALF.L and Bombardier BBDb.TO.

ACS Infrastructure Development and HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions each have an 18 percent stake in the consortium.

The project includes the delivery of 44 Bombardier trains. Construction is expected to be completed by early 2023, Hochtief said.