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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…
3 July 2013 | By Dagmar Röller, Communications Manager, Polis
Who knows better about the quality of buses, trams and metros than its users? Within the ENERQI project – co-funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe programme of the European Commission – a methodology has been developed allowing operators to listen to their customers and to improve the quality of public…
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25 April 2013 | By Craig Waters, Editor, Intelligent Transport
Two years after a highly successful congress in Dubai, the international public transport community will meet again in Geneva from 26-30 May 2013 for the 60th UITP World Congress and Mobility & City Transport Exhibition.
24 April 2013 | By Simon Posner, Chief Executive, Confederation of Passenger Transport UK
There is no industry in the UK – nor indeed the rest of Europe – that could begin a Foreword to a publication with any words other than “these are challenging times”. Speaking on behalf of Britain’s bus, coach and light-rail operators, I can therefore say with some certainty that…
24 April 2013 | By David Waboso, Director of Capital Programmes, London Underground
2013 marks 150 years since the first Tube journeys took place between Paddington and Farringdon on the Metropolitan Railway. At a time when people had no electricity in their homes, inside toilets were a rarity and radio and television did not yet exist, the Tube was a revolutionary blast of…
24 April 2013 | By Jonathan Fox, Director, Docklands Light Railway
“Hidden in plain sight” is the phrase that could well describe the presence and performance of London’s Docklands Light Railway (DLR) during the hugely successful London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Placed right in the middle of the Capital’s Olympic ‘hub’ and linking the main Olympic Park at Stratford with…
24 April 2013 | By Peter Cushing, Metrolink Director, Transport for Greater Manchester
2013 promises to be a key year for Greater Manchester’s tram system – Metrolink. It marks the half-way point of a £1.4 billion expansion of a network that has seen over 300 million journeys made on its trams since it first opened over 20 years ago. I’m delighted to be…
24 April 2013 | By Colin Walton, President, Light Rapid Transit Forum (LRTF)
While most would admit that the United Kingdom lags behind much of Europe in opening new light-rail systems in its major cities, the current coalition government seems keen to draw a line in the sand and examine major new developments as soon as the economic clouds lift. Urban transit schemes…
24 April 2013 | By Vassilios Spyrakos, Acting Manager of Managing Department 2 – Tramway and ISAP Projects, ATTIKO METRO S.A
On 14 January 2013, a contract was signed for the construction of a tram extension in Piraeus – a port city in the region of Attica, Greece. Signed between ATTIKO METRO S.A and THEMELI S.A. (the contracting company), the project is funded by the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) and…
24 April 2013 | By Thierry Wagenknecht. Chairman, UITP Bus Committee
The UITP Bus Committee1 was created in 1961 (known then as the Commission for the Standardisation of Motorbuses). It is one of the oldest modal Committees of the UITP and was created on a purely technical basis. During the last 15 years, the trend has been to widen the scope…
4 March 2013 | By Dr Peter Ramsauer, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany
The desire to be independently mobile is a wish that people cherish throughout their lives. They want to enjoy mobility that is as unrestricted as possible, and today this is unimaginable without local public transport. At the same time, local public transport is a prerequisite of comprehensive social inclusion –…
4 March 2013 | By Reiner Zieschank, Director of Finances and Technical Services, Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG, Hans-Jürgen Credé, Director of Operations and Human Resources, Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG
Dresden is the capital of the German State of Saxony and has a population of approximately 500,000. It is located in the East of Germany, close to the borders of Poland and the Czech Republic. With its concentration of industrial, scientific and cultural institutions, Dresden is one of the top…
4 March 2013 | By Reinhold Schröter,Head of Operations Preparation Department SSB,
Stuttgart is a city famous for cars: Porsche and Mercedes-Benz are designed and built in Stuttgart. But unlike another famous ‘motor city’ at Lake Erie, Stuttgart is also known for its first-class public transport offering. The city’s local topography, shaped by steep inclines and height differences of more than 250m,…
28 February 2013 | By VDV-Kernapplikations GmbH & Co. KG
Public transport e-Ticketing in Germany started in the 19902 like in so many other nations. In those days, interested German public transport operators and authorities could not fall back on a nationwide standard for Electronic Fare Management (EFM). The result found about 35 different smartcard projects dotted all over Germany.…
