Copenhagen Metro Lines - M2, M1, City Circle Line (Paperback)

Chapters: M2, M1, City Circle Line. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: M2 is a line of the Copenhagen Metro, colored yellow on the map. It runs from Vanl se to Lufthavnen through the center of Copenhagen, sharing track with the M1 from Vanl se to Christianshavn. The line was built along with M1 as part of the redevelopment of restad. The principal of the line was passed in 1992, and construction commenced in 1998. The line opened in several stages between 2002 and 2007. It is owned by Metroselskabet and operated by Metro Service, and operates with a headway between four and twenty minutes. The line is 14.2 kilometers (8.8 mi) long, and runs in a tunnel through the city center between Lindevang and Amager Strand. It connects the eastern borough of Vanl se and the municipality of Frederiksberg to the city center of Copenhagen, as well as the western parts of Amager and Copenhagen Airport. It provides transfer to the S-train at three stations and to DSB trains at two stations. The background for the metro was the urban development of the restad area of Copenhagen. The principal of building a rail transit was passed by the Parliament of Denmark on 24 June 1992, with the restad Act. The responsibility for developing the area, as well as building and operating the metro, was given to the restad Development Corporation, a joint venture between Copenhagen Municipality (45%) and the Ministry of Finance (55%). Initially, three modes of transport were considered: a tramway, a light rail and a rapid transit. In October 1994, the Development Corporation chose a light rapid transit system. Lufthavnen serves Copenhagen AirportThe decision to build stage 2, from N rreport to Vanl se, and state 3 to the airport, was made by parliament on 21 December 1994. Sta...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2326266