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FACT FILE The Cityringen circle line is a 9.6-mile-long underground subway that runs in and around Copenhagen's inner city. The new subway is built to minimize car traffic in Copenhagen and to facilitate the daily travel of the city's inhabitants. Around 1.2 million people live in the city. The project will cost $3.2 billion and is being implemented by the contractor Copenhagen Metro Team. CMT works on behalf of Metroselskabet, which has primary responsibility for the construction and operation of the Copenhagen metro. Metroselskabet is owned by the city of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg municipality and the Danish state. The new metro will be officially inaugurated in July 2019. The capacity is estimated at 130 million journeys annually. TH E PROJ ECT TH E AR EA TH E TR UCK The Volvo FMX was launched on the road in March 2014. The Euro 5 engine is 13 liters and 500 horsepower. The automated I-Shift gearbox simplifies work in harsh environments, and the driver can concentrate 100 percent on the journey. The tractor-trailer consists of a three-way dump truck with an 8×4 configuration, dual front axles and a three-axle drawbar three-way dump trailer. It can tip loads to the right, left and backward. The rig weighs 22.5 tons. The truck has a load capacity of 18 tons and the hitch has a load capacity of 20 tons. The maximum allowed gross weight is 62 tons. The truck is equipped with a Globetrotter cab, which allows the driver to stay overnight in the cab if required. an average of 500 trucks drive to and from the construction sites every day. 375 traffic lights have been changed in order to minimize disruption on the city's roads. Trucks must also always drive the same route through the city to and from Nordhavn. "Put simply, one must drive very carefully. Security is the top priority," says Johnny as he checks his truck's mirrors one more time before he turns right over a cycle-path crossing. Upon arrival in Nordhavn, Johnny steers the truck up onto a weighing machine before he drives into the area. During the day, Johnny drives between four and five loads from the construction site to Nordhavn. All shipments are weighed carefully. A seagull hovers in the wind, peering down over the area where truck aer truck dumps its load. Johnny has backed the truck into the dumping area, where he first tips the rear platform and then the front. "One more load and then I go home to my family. I'm looking forward to it," says Johnny while breaking into a big smile. Q S W E D E N G E R M A N Y P O L A N D D E N M A R K Gothenburg Copenhagen Baltic Sea TT Nyhetsbyrån Gdansk Lübeck 50 km D R I V E R ' S D I G ES T #1/2015 21