GERMANY: The Karlsruhe district authority has dropped plans to extend Stadtbahn Line S2 from Stutensee-Spöck via Bruchsal and Hambrücken to Waghäusel.
Preliminary studies forecast ridership of around 3 000 additional passengers per day, which did not justify the estimated cost of more than €575m and the environmental impact of construction.
Bus services are to be enhanced instead, with an increase is frequency and route adjustments to improve performance.
GERMANY: Tram-trains operating around Karlsruhe are to be equipped with the DatNet operations control system from ETC Solutions GmbH, boosting the capability of the existing onboard Intermodal Transport Control System supplied by Karlsruhe-based INIT. ITCS provides constant communication between moving vehicles and the operator’s central control ...
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
