(Denmark )COPENAGHEN-M1-M2

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Fredriksberg stop	viaduct section	platform doors
Orestad stop depot Kongens Nytorv stop

Copenaghen
Copenaghen from 2002 has a new automated metro system, based on two radial lines (M1: Vanlose-Vestamager; M2: Vanlose-Lufthavnen/Airport, both partly in viaduct and partly at ground level) converging in the city centrum at Christianshavn stop; then, the 2 lines merge into a central section in bored deep tunnel (Christianshavn-Vanlose).
The metro network assure two important interchanghe point with existing railway net (Orestad stop for national trains, Norreport for regional trains); the airport link (Lergravsparken-Airport section) opened on 28 September 2007.
A further line (City Circle Line), whose track will be used by M3 on the entire line and M4 only in the eastern side, should open in 2018; it will serve Norrebro, Kobenhavn H (central station) and Frederiksberg areas, interchanging with M1 and M2 at Kongens Nytorv and Frederiksberg.
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CHRONOLOGY
19-10-2002	Norreport-Vestamager; Norreport-Lergravsparken
29-05-2003	Norreport-Frederiksberg
12-10-2003	Frederiksberg-Vanlose
24-01-2004	Flintholm stop
28-09-2007	Lergravsparken-Lufthavnen

Country	Denmark
Line	M1,M2
Inhabitants	City 650.000, District 1.300.000
Date opening:	2002
Future development:	--
Length (km)	21.4
Track sections (km):	underground km 9, cut and cover km 2,4, viaduct km 10
Stops	n. 22 underground 9, viaduct 13, Average distance (m) 971
Platform type	central
Platform doors	yes
General characteristics	dimensions (m) length 61, width 20
n. of vehicles	34
n. of cars per vehicle	3
Type	steel wheels
Vehicle dimensions (m)	length 39, width 2,65
Vehicle capacity	300
Frequency (max/min)	2'/15'
Current/Voltage	third rail
Guide/gauge	rotaie
Speed (km/h)	commercial 40, max 80
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	--
System capacity	12000 pphpd
Ridership	--
Total cost	70 M Euro/km
Staff n.	200
System builder	ANSALDO
NOTE	double bored tunnel (single diameter: int 4,9 m, ext 5,5 m)