Key Step Delivered for Berlin Transport Transition

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The Siemensbahn, a historic landmark of Berlin, Germany’s transport infrastructure, is being reactivated after more than 40 years of disuse. As part of the “i2030 – More Tracks for Berlin and Brandenburg” project, a modern, high-performance link between Jungfernheide and Gartenfeld is being established. Deutsche Bahn has opted for a track partnership model (“Partnerschaftsmodell Schiene”) for the implementation. PORR is the contractual partner for contract package 2 “KIB Neubau.” Around 24,000 people worked in Siemensstadt as early as 1912/1913 — it has long been one of Berlin’s largest industrial sites. The Siemensbahn was opened in 1929 to improve transport connections … Read more

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Jacobs Consortium Wins New Dublin Metro North Contract from Transport Infrastructure Ireland

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Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., in consortium with Idom, has been appointed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland as employer’s designer for the development and implementation of Ireland’s first metro system, central to a new multi-modal transport strategy to support Dublin’s continued economic growth. Working collaboratively with the National Transport Authority and TII, the Jacobs Idom consortium will take the scheme from emerging preferred route status through evaluation and selection of preferred route, including all business case and environmental support work. It will then develop and promote the scheme railway orders, execute the planning process through An Bord Pleanála and attend the subsequent … Read more

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