SWEDISH national train operator SJ will restore X2000 services between Stockholm and Copenhagen from March 1 after reaching an agreement with Danish infrastructure manager Banedanmark on security arrangements at Copenhagen Central.
Denmark's bold decision to renew its entire signalling infrastructure raised eyebrows across the signalling community when details of its plans first emerged nearly 10 years ago. With work on the major contracts now well underway, Kevin Smith visited Banedanmark in Copenhagen to find out how the project is progressing.
THE Danish government has approved an amendment to the law permitting the construction of Copenhagen's Cityringen circle metro line to allow the construction of the Sydhavn branch line.
COPENHAGEN metro authority Metroselskabet has appointed a joint venture of Arup and Rambøll to provide design services for the 27km Ring 3 light rail line, which will link 11 municipalities along the route of the Ring 3 highway on the western side of the city.
A milestone was reached in the construction of Copenhagen's Cityringen metro circle line on January 29, when Denmark's prime minister Mrs Helle Thorning-Schmidt and transport minister Mr Magnus Heunicke witnessed the breakthrough of tunnel boring machines Eva and Minerva into the station box at Copenhagen Central station.
COPENHAGEN metro authority Metroselskabet has awarded the first contract for construction works on the 3km Nordhavn line, which will branch off the Cityring circle line near Østerport.
THE Danish government reached an agreement with Copenhagen City Council on May 15 to construct two extensions of the city's automated metro network.
Denmark is one of the first countries in the world to implement contactless smartcard technology on a national scale. Keith Barrow looks at the challenges and successes of the Rejsekort project.
Social media has taken the world by storm in the past few years, but how can operators use the various platforms to their advantage? Kevin Smith reports from a UITP social media workshop held in Mechelen, Belgium, on the latest approaches.
COPENHAGEN metro authority Metroselskabet has appointed a joint venture of Ramboll and Arup as design consultant for the extension of the metro to Nordhavn.