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Bombardier helps VTA to improve trams’ green performance
4 March 2012 | By Bombardier
Bombardier and the VTA have equipped 120 older trams with new electronics to further improve their environmental performance...
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Wiener Linien’s metro station ‘Stadium’ Meeting challenges of big events
3 January 2012 | By Thomas Kritzer, Deputy Head of Metro Operations, Wiener Linien, Chairman of the UITP Security Commission and Intelligent Transport Editorial Board Member
Big events in urban areas involving lots of customers are a regular challenge for public transport operators. Wiener Linien has decades of experience in successfully managing big events and lots of customers. Shortly before Euro 2008, the European football cup held in Austria and Switzerland, Wiener Linien opened a new…
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Bombardier and Vienna Transport Authority make metro line U6 fit for the future
19 December 2011 | By Bombardier Transportation
Five new trainsets ensure greater comfort on Vienna’s longest metro line...
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Austria is ready to embrace mobility increases
31 October 2011 | By Doris Bures, Federal Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology, Austria
Mobility is a basic need in our society; it is essential for the development of the economy, business location and our entire society. Mobility needs are increasing drastically, as is illustrated by all traffic forecasts. Our challenge: how can we shape the rapidly growing volume of traffic, both in freight…
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Wiener Linien’s social media success contributes to passenger satisfaction
31 October 2011 | By Günter Steinbauer, CEO, Wiener Linien
The Viennese love their public transport. Thirty-six percent of all trips within Austria’s capital are made by subway, tram and bus. This makes Vienna an international leader in the field of public transport – and that is certainly quite something. Alongside having good infrastructure and modern vehicles, there is no…
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2011 – A year rich in changes at TPG
31 October 2011 | By Roland Bonzon, CEO, TPG
As previously announced in Intelligent Transport Issue 5 2010, after several years of feasibility studies, preparation and finally construction, travellers in Geneva will be able to benefit from tram line 14 and its new 6.5km extension to Bernex. At the same time, a major re-organisation of the tram and bus…
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Growth through innovation – Lausanne’s new driverless metro
31 October 2011 | By Marc Badoux, Deputy Director, tl (Transports publics de la région lausannoise)
Lausanne’s new driverless metro line – named m2 – began commercial service in October 2008. The new line has boosted the ridership of the city’s public transportation network which has increased by almost 30% since commercial service started. Costing approximately £600 million, this remarkable ‘micrometro’ has 14 passenger-friendly stations and…
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Vienna’s underground network continues to expand
29 October 2010 | By Günter Steinbauer, CEO, and Answer Lang, Head of Communications, Wiener Linien
Wiener Linien is Vienna’s leading transportation company. Approximately 2.2 million passengers travel the length and breadth of Austria’s capital with Wiener Linien’s 83 bus, 38 tram and five underground routes every day – this adds up to 812 million people annually. Passenger numbers have been rising for years, with the…
