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Tender announced for first light rail in Denmark

9 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport

Odense Letbane, a public owned company assigned to oversee the construction of the first light rail in Denmark, has invited bidders to submit proposals for the supply of rolling stock and transportation systems.

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The biggest light-rail project in Denmark is on track

4 July 2014 | By Mikkel Kjær Jensen, Project Director for Ring 3 Letbane I/S

The heart of Copenhagen has been undergoing massive infrastructural changes over recent years with the building of new Metro lines. The investment in public transport has now expanded to the outskirts of Copenhagen where a 27km-long new light-rail system will make life easier for approximately 50,000 passengers every day. For…

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TBM ready for launch in Copenhagen

3 July 2013 | By Erik Skotting, Director (COO), Metroselskabet

The first Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) is ready to start tunnelling on Copenhagen’s new metro line – the City Circle Line, or Cityringen. The Cityringen contract was awarded in January 2011 and the main construction work started in the following summer. The contract covers 15.5km of twin-bored tunnels, 17 stations…

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Large investments in public transport in the Copenhagen area

25 June 2012 | By Henrik Dam Kristensen, Minister for Transport, Denmark

If you have recently visited Copenhagen, you will have noticed it has a large number of on-going construction sites. Significant investments made in various public transport projects over the last couple of years has meant that many roads have been closed and there have been temporary changes in public transport…

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Act brings Denmark’s first lightrail a step closer

25 June 2012 | By Ole Sørensen, Head of the Light Rail Secretariat and Project Manager, Midttrafik

Construction of the initial phase of Denmark’s first light-rail network has now progressed from the planning to the construction phase, as the Danish Government recently passed the Aarhus Light Rail Act. Work towards the building of a light-rail network in the Aarhus area began in 2007 when eight local authorities,…

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Interview Spotlight: Martin Giles, MD, Lloyd’s Register’s UK rail buisness

25 June 2012 | By Craig Waters, Editor, Intelligent Transport

Craig Waters, Editor of Eurotrasnport, speaks to Martin Giles, Managing Director of Lloyd's Register's UK rail business... Lloyd’s Register has recently been appointed as the ISA for the new light-rail project in Aarhus. What exactly will Lloyd’s Register’s responsibility be for this role? First of all, from a Lloyd’s Register…

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Developing high-class public transport is a contributor to sustainable growth

22 June 2011 | By Rebekka Nymark, Head of Development, Metroselskabet

Public transport transforms and develops cities, it delivers on a number of political goals at the local and national levels and we are important players when global issues such as climate change are addressed. As public transport operators, we become successful when we manage to deliver beyond a merely supply-driven…