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DESCRIPTION:<h2 class='node__title'> <a href='https://techsoc.org.uk/talks/
 helsinki-metro-capacity-and-reliability-improvement-programme-metka' rel='
 bookmark'>Helsinki Metro Capacity and Reliability Improvement Programme (M
 ETKA) </a> </h2> Talk synopsis <p>The Helsinki Metro is undergoing its mos
 t significant modernisation since the railway opened more than 40 years ag
 o. Through the Metro Capacity and Reliability Improvement Programme (METKA
 )\, ageing train control\, communications and operational systems are bein
 g renewed to improve reliability\, maintain safety and increase network ca
 pacity without the need for new infrastructure. The programme aims to deli
 ver a sustainable 25% increase in capacity\, enabling more frequent servic
 es and supporting the continuing growth of public transport across the Hel
 sinki metropolitan area.</p> Speaker biography <p>Heikki Viika is Programm
 e Director of the Metro Capacity and Reliability Improvement Programme (ME
 TKA) for Helsinki's metro network. He is responsible for leading one of th
 e largest rail modernisation programmes currently underway in Northern Eur
 ope\, overseeing the renewal of critical train control and communications 
 systems that will increase capacity and improve reliability across the Hel
 sinki metropolitan area. Heikki has more than three decades of internation
 al experience in railway systems\, transportation technology and major inf
 rastructure delivery.</p>
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261110T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261110T190000
LAST-MODIFIED:20261012T230302Z
LOCATION:10th Floor\, Palestra\, 197 Blackfriars Road\, SE1 8NJ
SUMMARY:TechSoc Talk: Helsinki Metro Capacity and Reliability Improvement P
 rogramme (METKA) - Heikki Viika\, Bart Thomas
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 lass='node__header'> <h2 class='node__title'> <a href='https://techsoc.org
 .uk/talks/helsinki-metro-capacity-and-reliability-improvement-programme-me
 tka' rel='bookmark'><span class='field field--name-title field--type-strin
 g field--label-hidden'>Helsinki Metro Capacity and Reliability Improvement
  Programme (METKA)</span> </a> </h2> </header> <div class='clearfix text-f
 ormatted field field--name-field-talk-synopsis field--type-text-with-summa
 ry field--label-above'> <div class='field__label'>Talk synopsis</div> <div
  class='field__item'><p>The Helsinki Metro is undergoing its most signific
 ant modernisation since the railway opened more than 40 years ago. Through
  the Metro Capacity and Reliability Improvement Programme (METKA)\, ageing
  train control\, communications and operational systems are being renewed 
 to improve reliability\, maintain safety and increase network capacity wit
 hout the need for new infrastructure. The programme aims to deliver a sust
 ainable 25% increase in capacity\, enabling more frequent services and sup
 porting the continuing growth of public transport across the Helsinki metr
 opolitan area.</p></div> </div> <div class='clearfix text-formatted field 
 field--name-field-speaker-biography field--type-text-with-summary field--l
 abel-above'> <div class='field__label'>Speaker biography</div> <div class=
 'field__item'><p>Heikki Viika is Programme Director of the Metro Capacity 
 and Reliability Improvement Programme (METKA) for Helsinki's metro network
 . He is responsible for leading one of the largest rail modernisation prog
 rammes currently underway in Northern Europe\, overseeing the renewal of c
 ritical train control and communications systems that will increase capaci
 ty and improve reliability across the Helsinki metropolitan area. Heikki h
 as more than three decades of international experience in railway systems\
 , transportation technology and major infrastructure delivery.</p></div> <
 /div> </div> </div> </article>
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