HELSINKI (Reuters) – The city of Helsinki had the right to scrap its contract with Siemens over the failed automation of the Finnish capital’s metro, but both sides broke agreements, a Helsinki district court ruled on Tuesday in a long-running legal dispute.
FILE PHOTO: People walk next to the Kamppi underground station in Helsinki, Finland, May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
The dispute dates back to Helsinki’s decision in 2008 to pick the German technology firm to automate its existing metro network, in order to make it faster and driverless by the time a new westward line to neighboring Espoo was added in 2017.
But the project quickly ran into trouble, with both sides accusing each other of delays and cost overruns, leading Helsinki’s public transport company HKL to eventually ditch the whole contract in 2015.
The failed automation plan has resulted in crowded conditions on the capital region’s metro at peak hours after the new line opened and the problem is…
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