News from the Cities
New framework and metro for Budapest
Financial agreement has been reached on Metro line 4 extension, consisting of 4 new stations and a new line of 2.7 km. Hungarian government will finance 70% and the municipality of Budapest will finance 30% of the project, estimated €325-400m. The total line Metró 4 project, decided in May 2003, partly funded by EIB, consists
Financial agreement for Berlin new airport
Berlin Brandenbourg International airport funding has been approved by the airport authority; by private and public stakeholders, including the Federal State, the Länder of Berlin and Brandenbourg, the European Union. This €2bn project, located on the property of Schönenfeld current airport could open in 2010 and will provide an extra capacity of 20m passengers a
London experiences new streets for the 21st Century
Exhibition Road, in South Kensington District is one of the most attractive place in London in term of cultural interest. However, transportation is a huge concern since a major road link crosses the district implying foot tunnels for pedestrians, underground station is not easily accessible and bus connections with the rest of the city are
New metro line and paying expressway in St Petersburg
St Petersburg metro network, made of 4 lines representing 100km will significantly grow in the coming years, with a target of 140 km by the year 2015, particularly in the northern area of the city. This extension plan includes a new line and the beginning of a circular line. These projects should lead to a
Lyons renew its global contract with Keolis for six years and develops its networks
Sytral, Lyons transport authority is responsible for organising and financing the largest French public transport network open to competition, with a €1.5bn contract lasting 6 years. As the previous contract was ending in December 2004, the tendering process has been initiated in November 2003. The last choice had to be done between Keolis, the incumbent
New developments and operations schemes in Warsaw region
New infrastructure projects have been decided for Warsaw and at a regional scale: the second metro line is currently under construction and is expected to enter in service in 2007. The works for the third line, measuring 6 km will start just after the beginning of first line operations. A project of a suburban express
Innovative mobility concepts in London and in Lille
As mobility in urban areas shifts from commuter trips to more complex journeys, for various purposes and covering the whole day, transport system is expected to take more and more in account intermodality. Lille and London are experiencing two innovative concepts in this field : – LILLE, main city of the Northern part of France
Rome third metro line on the tracks
Rome has 2 projects of metro lines (C and D). The line C project consists in a 39 kilometers line with 42 stops, linking the north west (Tor di Quinto-Vigna Clara) and the south west (University Comprensorio of Tor Vergata) and also serving the historical city center. The first section of this line is about
Greece steps up in public transport
– After the success of Olympics, Greek national government announced further extensions of Athens’ metro and the beginning of works for Thessaloniki’s metro. Athens’ metro is a 135 km network serving 45 stations, recently extended thanks to the games, which will grow by 23 kilometers – 12 stations by 2009 and by 20,8 more kilometers
Transport for London evaluates impacts of Jubilee Line Extension (JLE)
The findings are described in a report prepared by the Transport Studies Group of the University of Westminster for TfL and the Department for Transport. The JLE has been initiated in order to improve the accessibility of the Docklands area and to overcome the capacity limits of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR). The line provides
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