{"id":5047,"date":"2018-10-03T10:46:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T10:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/2018\/10\/03\/new-thinking-behind-improved-metro-operations\/"},"modified":"2021-12-03T14:20:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:20:18","slug":"new-thinking-behind-improved-metro-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/news\/new-thinking-behind-improved-metro-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"New thinking behind improved Metro operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<address><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">There is now a new solution for how and where the Metro line from the H\u00f6gdalen depot is to link up with Farsta Metro&nbsp;station.<\/span><\/address>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Every morning and evening, a large number of trains travel along the Green Line to Farsta and the depot in H\u00f6gdalen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u2018What we have decided to build will be retained and used for a very long time. We want to make certain that future underground operations are given the best possible conditions and prospects\u2019, explains Johan Bergstrand, Project Manager for the depot development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>A more efficient solution<\/strong><\/span><br \/>The previous construction consisted of two tunnels that linked up with the Farsta underground line in two different places. The new solution only consists of one tunnel that will emerge between the north and southbound tracks, a few hundred metres south of H\u00f6kar\u00e4ngen underground station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u2018This means that we can bring in and take out trains without affecting the running Metro trafic,\u2019 says Johan Bergstrand.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-504\" src=\"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Johan_Bergstrand_150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"186\" style=\"width: 150px; height: 186px;\" \/><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Investigation underway<\/strong><\/span><br \/>Naturally, building one tunnel instead of two is the least expensive alternative. Even if the new plans may involve a slight setback for the start of the construction work, the new Metro&nbsp;is expected to be completed on schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Technical surveys and investigations are currently in progress. We also plan on inviting local residents to consultation meetings where we will present the new plans and the effect of these on the local environment\u2019, continues Johan Bergstrand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>This is what the previous plans looked like:<\/strong><\/span><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-509\" src=\"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Depa-karta_slutversion_webb-700_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"440\" style=\"width: 350px; height: 220px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is now a new solution for how and where the Metro line from the H\u00f6gdalen depot is to link up with Farsta Metro&nbsp;station. Every morning and evening, a large number of trains travel along the Green Line to Farsta and the depot in H\u00f6gdalen. \u2018What we have decided to build will be retained and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-press-news.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13282,"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5047\/revisions\/13282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyatunnelbanan.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}