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Frankfurt to get 24-hour public transport on weekends

Germany's finance capital is to serve party-goers non-stop on the weekends. But don't get too excited - some of the changes could take a while.

Published: 2 February 2017 09:49 CET
Frankfurt to get 24-hour public transport on weekends
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Frankfurt mayor Peter Feldmann made the announcement on Wednesday, the Frankfurter Rundschau reports.

“In a cosmopolitan city, inhabitants expect to be provided with a transport system worthy of the name,” he said.

Starting this December, S-Bahn lines in and around the city will begin running 24 hours a day from Friday until Sunday evening.

The trains will run at hourly intervals, although none will pass through the inner city tunnel until August 2018 due to repair works.

Then, from December 2018, U-Bahn and tram systems in the finance hub will also work the night through on Friday and Saturday, although the changes will only be brought in through stages.

On busy lines, the U-Bahn and trams are set to arrive every half hour.

The Rhein-Main transport company (RMV) has assured commuters that the change will not lead to higher ticket prices.

So, is this another step along the line of Frankfurt shedding its image as Germany’s capital of dull?

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Copenhagen Metro lines reopen after two-week closure

Lines M3 and M4 of the Copenhagen Metro are back in service having reopened on Sunday, one day ahead of schedule.

Published: 26 February 2024 07:51 CET
Copenhagen Metro lines reopen after two-week closure

The two lines had been closed so that the Metro can run test operations before opening five new stations on the M4 line this summer.

The tests, which began on February 10th, are now done and the lines were running again as of Sunday evening, a day ahead of the original planned reopening on Monday February 26th.

“We are very pleased to be able to welcome our passengers on to our two lines M3 and M4,” head of operations with the Metro Søren Boysen said.

“The whole test procedure exceeded all expectations and went faster than expected and we can therefore get a head start on our reopening now,” he said.

Time set aside for potential repeat tests was not needed in the event, allowing the test closures to be completed ahead of time.

“Several of our many tests went better than expected and we have therefore not used all the time we needed for extra tests,” Boysen said.

The two lines serve around one million passengers every week, according to the Metro company.

READ ALSO: Copenhagen city government greenlights extension to Metro line

The new stops on the M4 line will be located south of central Copenhagen in the Valby and Sydhavn areas. The will have the names Haveholmen, Enghave Brygge, Sluseholmen, Mozarts Plads and København Syd (Copenhagen South).

The M3 and M4 lines, the newer sections of the Metro, opened in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

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