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Shortlist for 2012 Transport Achievement Award announced

The International Transport Forum at the OECD, an intergovernmental organisation for the transport sector that comprises 53 countries, has announced the projects shortlisted for its 2012 Transport Achievement Award that honours transport projects that have demonstrated excellence in seamlessly connecting people, infrastructure or markets.
April 3, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
RSSThe 998 International Transport Forum at the OECD, an intergovernmental organisation for the transport sector that comprises 53 countries, has announced the projects shortlisted for its 2012 Transport Achievement Award that honours transport projects that have demonstrated excellence in seamlessly connecting people, infrastructure or markets.

From this year’s applications, the award jury has short-listed the following high quality projects from Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom, as potentially worthy of the Transport Achievement Award (listed in alphabetical order):

  • DSB S-tog, Denmark
  • 4729 East Japan Railway Company, Japan
  • 918 Land Transport Authority, Singapore
  • 4727 Stagecoach South Western Trains Ltd, UK
  • 485 Toll Collect and 750 ASFINAG, Germany and Austria
  • Toyama City/Toyama Light Rail/Toyama Chihou Tetsudo Inc, Japan
  • 1466 Transport for London, Association of Train Operating companies and 378 Cubic, UK
  • Transport for London – Countdown, UK
  • 4728 VicRoads, Australia
  • 4203 Wiener Linien/Verkehrsverbund Ost Region, Austria

For short descriptions of the shortlisted projects click here or see the Awards page on the Summit 2012 website.

The winner of the Transport Achievement Award will be honoured at a ceremony at the International Transport Forum’s Annual Summit in Leipzig, Germany, on Thursday 3 May.

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