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London will invest €4.5 billion into public transport infrastructures over the next 5 years
Updated : septembre 9, 2004
The British government released on 20th July its White Paper about the future of Transport in the UK by 2030. This document, in line with the Spending Review for 2004/2009, supports the Business Plan of Transport for...
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The French State will withdraw from public transport organisation in Paris (Ile-de-France)
Updated : septembre 9, 2004
The French Parliament adopted on 30th July a law on devolution of powers from the State to local authorities, which contains a chapter on public transport in the region of Paris Ile-de- France (11 million...
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Metro keeps growing in Porto and fare integration under way
Updated : septembre 9, 2004
One year after the inauguration of its first section (see EMTA News n°9), the metro network keeps growing in the second largest Portuguese metropolitan area (1.5 million inhabitants). The section of 12km (18 stations)...
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New contract for local and regional railways in Rhine-Ruhr
Updated : septembre 9, 2004
VRR, the public transport authority of the Rhine-Ruhr conurbation (7.2 million inhabitants on a 5,000km2 territory in Germany around Düsseldorf and Essen), signed in July a new contract with DB German railways for the...
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Successful fare integration implemented in Seville
Updated : septembre 9, 2004
Greater Seville includes 22 municipalities for a total population of 1.2 million inhabitants. Achieving greater fare integration between the 10 companies operating transport networks on its 1,300km2 territory has...
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Green Paper on Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
Updated : juillet 1er, 2004
The European Commission released on 4th May a Green Paper on public-private partnerships (PPPs). This document aims to see whether it is necessary to improve existing rules in order to ensure that economic operators...
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CIVITAS II : the European Commission will support clean urban transport projects in 17 cities
Updated : juillet 1er, 2004
The European Commission revealed on 3rd May the list of 17 cities that have been selected, out of 71 candidates, to benefit from the € 50 million grant dedicated to promote the development of attractive alternatives to...
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Adoption of the second railway package
Updated : juillet 1er, 2004
The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers of Transport adopted in April the second railway package, which plans the complete opening to competition of the European rail freight market on 1st January 2007...
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The Commission releases a White Paper on services of general interest
Updated : juillet 1er, 2004
The European Commission released on 12th May a White Paper on services of general interest, which acknowledges that services of general interest are an essential component of the European model of society, and...
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Tramways are back in Barcelona
Updated : juin 9, 2004
34 years after the closure of the last tramway line serving the Catalan capital city, four lines of the new tramway network of Barcelona (see EMTA News n°2) were inaugurated in April and May. This network consists in...
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