ComfortDelGro, RATP consortium pre-qualifies for Copenhagen Metro bid

KBH Metro Partner, a consortium formed by ComfortDelGro (CDG) and RATP Dev, has been officially pre-qualified to bid for the upcoming operations and maintenance contract for the Copenhagen Metro.

The bid to operate and maintain the Copenhagen Metro will be the third collaboration between CDG and RATP. The two companies previously collaborated on Singapore’s Jurong Region Line through the One Rail partnership, as well as the automated Line 15 South in Greater Paris as part of the ORA consortium with French rail player Alstom.

A CDG press statement announced the pre-qualification on Tuesday (Sep 16). The consortium will compete against a “strong field of international applicants”, it said.

“KBH Metro Partner intends to demonstrate how the consortium partners’ know-how in operational performance, system integration, digital solutions and beyond will not only meet but also exceed expectations of Copenhagen Metro users,” added the statement.

Both CDG and RATP aim to leverage their prior rail expertise from areas such as Singapore, Paris and Sydney for their contract bid in the Danish capital. Copenhagen’s metro is fully automated and is one of three rapid transit systems in the world to operate for 24 hours across all seven days in the week.

CDG operates the North East Line in Singapore, the world’s first automated heavy-rail metro system, as well as the Downtown Line. It also operates the Auckland One Rail in New Zealand and will start running Tunnelbana, Stockholm’s iconic metro network, at the end of this year.

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Meanwhile, RATP has experience running metro lines in Paris, Lyon, Sydney, Doha and Riyadh.