Copenhagen light rail JV appointed

Copenhagen metro operator Metroselkabet has appointed Arup as part of a joint venture with Rambøll to develop the light rail on ring 3 for greater Copenhagen. The new light rail system includes a double track alignment of 27 kilometres and 27 stations with a rolling stock fleet of 27 light rail vehicles. This major project was planned to promote the use of public transport as well as encourage the urban development along the route and the passage across the city to avoid interchanging in the centre.
February 13, 2015 Read time: 2 mins

Copenhagen metro operator %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal Metroselkabet About the Metro false http://intl.m.dk/#!/about+the+metro false false%> has appointed 7942 Arup as part of a joint venture with %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal Ramb&#248;ll Visit Ramboll website false http://www.ramboll.com/ false false%> to develop the light rail on ring 3 for greater Copenhagen. The new light rail system includes a double track alignment of 27 kilometres and 27 stations with a rolling stock fleet of 27 light rail vehicles.

This major project was planned to promote the use of public transport as well as encourage the urban development along the route and the passage across the city to avoid interchanging in the centre.

The contract includes the design coordination and technical integration of the light rail systems, the design of the control and maintenance centre, traction power, ground borne noise and vibration modelling.

The line will follow the route of the ring 3 motorway road around the edge of Copenhagen, linking eleven municipalities, from Lundhofte in the north to Ishøj in the south. The new line will run a service of light rail vehicles every five minutes at peak times with a proposed journey time of fifty five minutes for the 27 kilometres.

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