An automated train in the Danish capital
On 15 May the Danish Government reached an agreement with the Copenhagen City Council to construct two extensions of the city’s automated metro network. The extensions will reach Sydhavn and Nordhavn and will form branches of the city circle line (Cityringen), which is currently under construction.
The Cityringen will actually consist of two new lines, M3 and M4, and is due to open in 2018. The two extensions will be part of the M4 Line.
The extensions are to provide the Sydhavn and Nordhavn with a better transport connection with the city centre while relieving congestion of the metro.
The extension to Sydhavn is to have five stations, four of which underground, with a short section of surface line approaching the terminus Ny Ellebjerg, which is to provide a connection with the S-Bane suburban network. Through this extension, Copenhagen´s daily metro ridership is expected to increase by 43,000 passengers in 2023.
The second extension is to run on viaduct, running north to Nordhavn from the Cityring near Østerport.
Both extensions are planned to be fully operational in 2023.
Source: The Metro Company, Copenhagen
AnsaldoBreda has supplied trains for several UTO lines including Brescia’s
ProInversion, the Peruvian state-owned company acting on behalf of the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunication, awarded the consortium ‘Nuevo Metro de Lima’ a 35-year concession contract for the construction, operation and maintenance of Line 2 and a branch of Line 4 of the Lima metro.
As part of the winning consortium, Finmeccanica-owned companies Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda ontained a 35-year licensing contract for USD 1.2 billion for the unmanned lines.
The licensing contract sets out a 5-year term for the design, construction and financing of the project and a subsequent 30-year operating and maintenance phase.
The project for the Lima Metro Lines 2 and 4 comprises 35 stations, 35 km of tunnels, 2 depots and 42 trains.
The part of the contract awarded to Ansaldo STS amounts to approximately USD 700 million (510 million euros) and the part concerning AnsaldoBreda totals approximately USD 500 million (364 million euros).
Electromechanical operating systems
Ansaldo STS will be in charge of designing the project and supplying, installing, commissioning and integrating the different electromechanical operating systems (for signalling, power supply, telecommunications, platform screen doors, equipment depots, control centres, automatic ticketing and the SCADA system).
Ansaldo STS will also participate in the two metro lines’ 30-year operating and maintenance phase. The solution developed by Ansaldo STS for Lima includes the use of CBTC signalling technology.
Rolling stock
AnsaldoBreda will be in charge of supplying 42 108-metre long metro trains.
The project will include components and systems using technology tested on AnsaldoBreda trains already operating on several automated metro lines (including Copenhagen, Milan, Brescia, Rome and Riyadh).
The consortium
The “Nuevo Metro de Lima” consortium, which was awarded the Lima licensing contact, comprises, in addition to the Finmeccanica-owned companies, Iridium Concesiones de Infrastructura SA, Vialia Sociedad Gestora de Concesiones de Infrastrutructura SL, Salini-Impregilo SpA and Cosapi SA.
Sources:
Finmeccanica press release
Ansaldo STS press release
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Artist’s impression of Maxwell Station (source: LTA)
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