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30 November 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Intelligent Transport
An implementation agreement has been signed allowing construction of the Tampere light rail project to commence in the first half of 2017.
24 October 2016 | By Intelligent Transport
The Nordic Investment Bank has recently signed a €60 million long-term loan agreement with Helsinki City Transport (HKL) for the purchase of 40 new energy-efficient, low-floor trams...
6 October 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
The Finnish city of Tampere has named Transtech Oy, a subsidiary company of Skoda Transportation, as preferred bidder to supply and maintain 15-20 trams for its new tram line project.
19 August 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
Automated buses have begun operation on the streets of Helsinki, Finland, during a trial coordinated by the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
City of Turku is the public transport authority of the Turku region in Finland consisting of six municipalities and, since July 2014, Föli1 has been the brand for regional public transport. There are 285,000 inhabitants in the Föli area and 24.4 million trips were made using Föli buses in 2015.…
The global megatrend of urbanisation has been a major driver for the ‘smart city’ phenomenon, together with the digitalisation that spreads to every corner of our society. In this urbanisation process, 2015 marked an important tipping point. Half of the global population now live in cities with figures rising by…
20 June 2016 | By Ville Lehmuskoski, CEO of Helsinki City Transport and Matti Kokkinen, CEO of Länsimetro Oy
The West Metro project is the biggest infrastructure project in Finland, extending Helsinki’s metro network to the city of Espoo. In the project’s first phase, eight new stations will be constructed with a further five built during the second phase. The metro will operate on 21km of underground lines in…
John Gorman from First Scotland East and Michael Andersson from Helsingin Bussiliikenne Oy (HelB), discuss that, ultimately, the work never ends when planning and preparing for continuous operations during harsh winter months...
28 January 2015 | By Ramboll
Serving up to 100,000 passengers every weekday by 2040, the Raide–Jokeri light-rail service is being planned between Helsinki and Espoo...
4 July 2014 | By Henna Virkkunen, Minister of Transport and Local Government for Finland
A well-functioning public transportation system in big cities is the cornerstone for an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable urban society. Finland has set an ambitious goal of increasing public transportation usage with a target of 200 million new trips by 2022. For Intelligent Transport, Henna Virkkunen, Minister of Transport and…
17 October 2013 | By INIT
INIT will implement an Intermodal Transport Control System and a ticketing system and supply the appropriate hardware and software for public transport in the port city of Turku...
3 July 2013 | By Matti Lahdenranta, Managing Director, HKL – Helsinki City Transport
The tram is the main mode of public transport within the Helsinki inner city and approximately 200,000 passengers per day use the extensive network. Helsinki City Transport (HKL) is increasing and modernising its tram fleet over the next five years, as the network will be extended and the oldest tram…
14 June 2013 | By Voith Turbo
On 13 June the first of the altogether 40 new Artic low-floor trams was inaugurated...
2 January 2013 | By Solaris Bus & Coach
Two Solaris Urbino 12.9 Hybrid have recently been delivered to the city of Tampere...
12 April 2012 | By Solaris Bus & Coach
Two eco-friendly Urbino hybrid buses will join the fleet of Tampere’s Tampereen Kaupunkiliikenne by the end of the year...
