ban rail capacity
March, ƒ4.4bn will be invested in public transport projects in the city by 2022, drawing funds from a variety of sources including the federal and regional governments, public-private partnerships, and Stib’s own revenues. A key project for the next five years will be the automation of metro lines 1 and 5, which saw ridership increase by 102% between 2000 and 2012. In March last year Stib introduced a 2 minute 30 second-interval service on the shared Merode - West station section, which provided a 20% increase in capacity on the busiest part of the line, but with passenger numbers still on the rise, Stib
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is planning to install communications- based train control (CBTC), which together with the acquisition of new rolling stock will support conversion to driverless operation within 10 years. Stib recently sent a specification to shortlisted suppliers, including Alstom, CAF, and Siemens, for a fleet of 43 driverless trains for lines 1 and 5 which will be procured as part of a framework deal for up to 90 trains. The CBTC contract will also be tendered as a framework contract, which will include an option for the automation of lines 2 and 6.
Both the rolling stock and train
control contracts are due to be finalised by the end of this year with the aim of introducing two-minute headways on lines 1 and 5 in spring 2019. By the end of 2020 mixed mode operation will begin and the switch to full driverless operation is due to take place in 2023, when 90-second headways will be introduced on the shared section of the line. Maintenance facilities at Erasmus and Delta will be upgraded as part of the project.
The conversion work, which includes the installation of platform screen doors at stations, will be carried out during four-hour maintenance periods in the
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