HELSINKI transport authority HKL expects to call tenders shortly for 40 low-floor cars, to enter service in 2011-14 at an estimated cost of €100m.
HKL urgently needs more capacity, not least because of Route 9 which is due to open next year. This will link the city centre with the Pasila trade fair where the 2007 UITP World Congress is being held.
As a stopgap, HKL has decided to lengthen 42 Str
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