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// WV Cloud Documentation | Google DoubleClick Advertising // abacusemedia.com/webvision Page 6 of 12 //(Used for: Masthead Leaderboard;) var mapLB = googletag.sizeMapping(). // 320, 0 (Mobile) addSize([320, 0], [[300,50], [320, 50]]). // 601, 0 (Small Tablet - Portrait) addSize([601, 0], [[468,60]]). // 768, 0 (Tablet - Portrait) addSize([768, 0], [[728,90]]). // 1024, 0 (Desktop / Tablet Landscape) addSize([1024, 0], [[728,90], [970,250]]).build(); var mapWallpaper = googletag.sizeMapping(). addSize([0, 0], []). // 1220, 0 addSize([1220, 0], [1, 1]).build(); // var wallpaperSlot = googletag.defineOutOfPageSlot('/13644946/WallpaperV5', 'div-gpt-ad-1602240785818-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); // ADVERT A googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/RGI.COM_MPU_GENERAL_PAGES', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1602084646203-0').defineSizeMapping(mapSmallRight).addService(googletag.pubads()); // ADVERT B googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/RGI_MPU_General2', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1601978937945-0').defineSizeMapping(mapSmallRightB).addService(googletag.pubads()); // ADVERT C googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/RGI_MPU_C', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1666188956933-0').defineSizeMapping(mapSmallRight).addService(googletag.pubads()); // UNDER NAV googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/RGI.COM_LEAD_GENERAL_PAGES', [[300, 50], [320, 50], [970, 90], [728, 90], [970, 250], [468, 60]], 'div-gpt-ad-1601973347622-0').defineSizeMapping(mapLB).addService(googletag.pubads()); // Home Leaderboard 2 googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/RGI_Leaderboard_2', [[300, 50], [320, 50], [970, 90], [728, 90], [970, 250], [468, 60]], 'div-gpt-ad-1724079785985-0').defineSizeMapping(mapLB).addService(googletag.pubads()); // Home Leaderboard 3 googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/RGI_Leaderboard_3', [[300, 50], [320, 50], [970, 90], [728, 90], [970, 250], [468, 60]], 'div-gpt-ad-1724081464759-0').defineSizeMapping(mapLB).addService(googletag.pubads()); // Leaderboard 4 googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/RGI_leaderboard_4', [[970, 250]], 'div-gpt-ad-1726133201831-0').defineSizeMapping(mapLB).addService(googletag.pubads()); // home video slot //googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/rgivideo', [[640, 480], [300, 250]], 'div-gpt-ad-1644499013896-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); //RG ADHESION - (WB 10.09/2024) googletag.defineOutOfPageSlot('/13644946/RGI_Adhesion', 'div-gpt-ad-1725960169073-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); // Microsite ad units googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/Metro_MPU_General', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1602154876742-0').defineSizeMapping(mapSmallRight).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/Metro_MPU_B', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1602154919837-0').defineSizeMapping(mapSmallRight).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/Metro_MPU_C', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1602154953662-0').defineSizeMapping(mapSmallRight).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/Metro_Leaderboard_General', [[300, 50], [728, 90], [468, 60]], 'div-gpt-ad-1707835215170-0').defineSizeMapping(mapLB).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/Metro_Skyscraper', [[300, 600], [300, 250]], 'div-gpt-ad-1602154984749-0').defineSizeMapping(mapSmallRightB).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/RBUK_Masthead_Leader_under_Nav', [[300, 50], [728, 90], [468, 60]], 'div-gpt-ad-1602155029502-0').defineSizeMapping(mapLB).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/RBUK_Advert_A', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1602155062284-0').defineSizeMapping(mapSmallRight).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/RBUK_MPU_B', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1602155092840-0').defineSizeMapping(mapSmallRightB).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/13644946/RBUK_Advert_C', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1602155131343-0').defineSizeMapping(mapSmallRightB).addService(googletag.pubads()); //Out of page unit - added 15-9-22 googletag.defineOutOfPageSlot('/13644946/RGI_Interstitial', 'div-gpt-ad-1663232421348-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().setTargeting('UserStateLoggedIn', getDataLayerVal('UserStateLoggedIn')); googletag.pubads().setTargeting('StoryCategories', getDataLayerVal('StoryCategories')); googletag.pubads().setTargeting('navcode', getDataLayerVal('NavCode')); 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item-first hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/drones-and-social-media-partnerships-tackle-deadly-subway-surfing/67849.article" class="image"><img alt="Subway Surfing (Office of the Mayor of New York)" class="lazyloaded" loading="eager" src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/7/3/6/68736_subwaysurfingofficeofthemayorofnewyork_271112.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/7/3/6/68736_subwaysurfingofficeofthemayorofnewyork_271112.jpg 460w" width="460" height="307" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/drones-and-social-media-partnerships-tackle-deadly-subway-surfing/67849.article">Drones and social media partnerships tackle deadly ‘Subway surfing’</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="date" data-date-timezone="{"publishdate": "2024-11-22T12:00:00"}">2024-11-22T12:00:00+00:00</span></p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout full 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"2024-11-21T14:00:00"}">2024-11-21T14:00:00+00:00</span></p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout full twocol right item-fourth hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/london-overground-line-branding-roll-out-begins/67855.article" class="image"><img alt="London Overground line names map (Image TfL)" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/7/4/0/68740_londonovergroundlinenamesmapimagetfl_997622_crop.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/7/4/0/68740_londonovergroundlinenamesmapimagetfl_997622_crop.jpg 460w" width="460" height="307" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/london-overground-line-branding-roll-out-begins/67855.article">London Overground line branding roll-out begins</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="date" data-date-timezone="{"publishdate": "2024-11-21T12:00:00"}">2024-11-21T12:00:00+00:00</span></p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout full twocol left item-penultimate hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/metro-report/tallinn-transport-operator-targets-50-market-share/67859.article" class="image"><img alt="Tallinn contract (Photo TLT)" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/7/4/9/68749_tallinncontractphototlt_620441.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/7/4/9/68749_tallinncontractphototlt_620441.jpg 460w" width="460" height="307" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/metro-report/tallinn-transport-operator-targets-50-market-share/67859.article">Tallinn transport operator targets 50% market share</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="date" data-date-timezone="{"publishdate": "2024-11-21T06:00:00"}">2024-11-21T06:00:00+00:00</span></p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout full twocol right item-last hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/new-elizabeth-line-operator-aims-to-offer-the-best-of-tokyo-and-london/67852.article" class="image"><img alt="Elizabeth line Class 345 Aventra" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/7/4/5/68745_elizabethlineclass345aventra_833919_crop.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/7/4/5/68745_elizabethlineclass345aventra_833919_crop.jpg 460w" width="460" height="307" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/new-elizabeth-line-operator-aims-to-offer-the-best-of-tokyo-and-london/67852.article">New Elizabeth Line operator aims to offer ‘the best of Tokyo and London’</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="date" data-date-timezone="{"publishdate": "2024-11-20T10:45:00"}">2024-11-20T10:45:00+00:00</span></p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout thumb onecol left item-first hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban-transport-industry-news-round-up/67844.article" class="image"><img alt="DART+ First Train Arrival (13 November 2024) 1" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1179px) 100px, 220px" src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/7/3/1/68731_dartfirsttrainarrival13november20241_198005.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/7/3/1/68731_dartfirsttrainarrival13november20241_198005.jpg 100w,https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/220x147/7/3/1/68731_dartfirsttrainarrival13november20241_198005.jpg 220w" width="100" height="67" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban-transport-industry-news-round-up/67844.article">Urban transport industry news round-up</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="date" data-date-timezone="{"publishdate": "2024-11-20T06:00:00"}">2024-11-20T06:00:00+00:00</span></p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout thumb onecol right item-second hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/lima-to-launch-commuter-rail-service-with-withdrawn-caltrain-fleet/67848.article" class="image"><img alt="Blinken at Caltrain announcement in Lima (Photo US Embassy in Lima)" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1179px) 100px, 220px" src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/7/2/1/68721_blinkenatcaltrainannouncementinlimaphotousembassyinlima_628823.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/7/2/1/68721_blinkenatcaltrainannouncementinlimaphotousembassyinlima_628823.jpg 100w,https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/220x147/7/2/1/68721_blinkenatcaltrainannouncementinlimaphotousembassyinlima_628823.jpg 220w" width="100" height="67" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/lima-to-launch-commuter-rail-service-with-withdrawn-caltrain-fleet/67848.article">Lima to launch commuter rail service with withdrawn Caltrain fleet</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="date" data-date-timezone="{"publishdate": "2024-11-19T11:46:00"}">2024-11-19T11:46:00+00:00</span></p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout thumb onecol left item-third item-penultimate hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/light-rail-and-tram/hudson-bergen-light-rail-operating-contract-awarded/67843.article" class="image"><img alt="Hudson-Bergen Light Rail" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1179px) 100px, 220px" src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/7/1/4/68714_tn_us-hudson_bergen-nk-img_2144.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/7/1/4/68714_tn_us-hudson_bergen-nk-img_2144.jpg 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src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/7/0/9/68709_manilalrt1openingphotopresidentsoffice_933278.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/7/0/9/68709_manilalrt1openingphotopresidentsoffice_933278.jpg 100w,https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/220x147/7/0/9/68709_manilalrt1openingphotopresidentsoffice_933278.jpg 220w" width="100" height="67" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/manila-opening-gives-commuters-the-gift-of-more-moments-spent-with-their-loved-ones/67840.article">Manila opening gives commuters ‘the gift of more moments spent with their loved ones’</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="date" data-date-timezone="{"publishdate": "2024-11-19T06:00:00"}">2024-11-19T06:00:00+00:00</span></p></div></div></div><p class="more"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/urban-transport-news/451.more?navcode=32">More urban transport news</a></p></div></div><div id="metro-features_24295" class="spinBlock colour1 hasmorelink hastitle"><div class="sleeve"><div class="sectionhead"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/metro-report/long-reads">Long reads</a></h2></div><div class="spinLayout full twocol left item-first hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/long-reads/pakistan-lahores-pioneering-metro-approaches-maturity/67682.article" class="image layoutIcon pictureLayout"><img alt="Orange line metro train near Lakshmi Chowk (photo Shutterstock)" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/3/2/3/68323_orangelinemetrotrainnearlakshmichowkphotoshutterstock_327899_crop.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/3/2/3/68323_orangelinemetrotrainnearlakshmichowkphotoshutterstock_327899_crop.jpg 460w" width="460" height="307" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/long-reads/pakistan-lahores-pioneering-metro-approaches-maturity/67682.article">Pakistan: Lahore’s pioneering metro approaches maturity</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="author">By <span class="noLink">Dr Eng Qamar Mahboob & Tan Zidong*</span></span></p><p class="intro">This month, Lahore’s Orange metro line completes four years of operation serving Pakistan’s second largest city. Its growing ridership and positive socio-economic impact have spurred the local authorities to plan three more urban rail lines, although funding remains an issue.</p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout full twocol right item-second hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/long-reads/vietnam-hanoi-ahead-in-sluggish-metro-expansion/67671.article" class="image layoutIcon pictureLayout"><img alt="Hanoi Line 3 (photo Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board) (1)" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/2/9/6/68296_hanoiline3photohanoimetropolitanrailwaymanagementboard1_813708.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/2/9/6/68296_hanoiline3photohanoimetropolitanrailwaymanagementboard1_813708.jpg 460w" width="460" height="307" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/long-reads/vietnam-hanoi-ahead-in-sluggish-metro-expansion/67671.article">Vietnam: Hanoi ahead in sluggish metro expansion</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="author">By <span class="noLink">Peter Janssen</span></span></p><p class="intro">With Hanoi’s second metro line having opened this summer and a starter route in Ho Chi Minh City due to be inaugurated soon, Vietnam is likely to have 41 km of metro operational by the year end. Yet this is far below the government’s goal, with bureaucratic delays partly to blame. <strong>Peter</strong> <strong>Janssen</strong> reports.</p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout full twocol left item-third hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/long-reads/paris-learning-lessons-from-line-14/67629.article" class="image layoutIcon pictureLayout"><img alt="MP14 on line 2" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/1/9/0/68190_mp14online2_123880.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/1/9/0/68190_mp14online2_123880.jpg 460w" width="460" height="307" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/long-reads/paris-learning-lessons-from-line-14/67629.article">Paris: Learning lessons from Line 14</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="author">By <span class="noLink">Jérémie Anne</span></span></p><p class="intro">Paris metro operator RATP believes it can use the experience it has gained in managing the migration of train control equipment used on Line 14 from one GoA4 platform to another to help upgrade other automated metros. <strong>Jérémie Anne</strong> reports.</p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout full twocol right item-fourth hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/train-control-paris-rer-lines-switch-to-nexteo/67628.article" class="image layoutIcon pictureLayout"><img alt="fr-NExTEO RER Line E-EOLE-J Anne (4)" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/1/7/8/68178_frnexteorerlineeeolejanne4_896542.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/1/7/8/68178_frnexteorerlineeeolejanne4_896542.jpg 460w" width="460" height="307" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/train-control-paris-rer-lines-switch-to-nexteo/67628.article">Train Control: Paris RER lines switch to NExTEO</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="author">By <span class="noLink">Jérémie Anne</span></span></p><p class="intro">SNCF Réseau is committed to installation of the digital NExTEO train control system to increase train throughput on the busiest sections of the heavily used Paris RER network. <strong>Jérémie Anne</strong> reports.</p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout full twocol left hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/south-korea-suburban-networks-take-shape/67092.article" class="image layoutIcon pictureLayout"><img alt="Busan - Ulsan suburban rail photos BZ (4)" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/6/5/6/66656_busanulsansuburbanrailphotosbz4_718194.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/6/5/6/66656_busanulsansuburbanrailphotosbz4_718194.jpg 460w" width="460" height="307" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/south-korea-suburban-networks-take-shape/67092.article">South Korea: Suburban networks take shape</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="author">By <a rel="author" href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/benjamin-zelki/1095.bio">Benjámin Zelki</a></span></p><p class="intro">Under pressure to reduce commuting time across the country, policymakers are developing suburban rail services around key conurbations, many making use of spare capacity on existing main lines. <strong>Benjámin Zelki</strong> reports.</p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout full twocol right hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/long-reads/south-korea-seoul-embraces-the-gtx-era/67088.article" class="image layoutIcon pictureLayout"><img alt="kr-gtx-a-train-test-commissioning-KNR" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/6/3/3/66633_krgtxatraintestcommissioningknr_437414.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/6/3/3/66633_krgtxatraintestcommissioningknr_437414.jpg 460w" width="460" height="307" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/long-reads/south-korea-seoul-embraces-the-gtx-era/67088.article">South Korea: Seoul embraces the ‘GTX era’</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="author">By <a rel="author" href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/benjamin-zelki/1095.bio">Benjámin Zelki</a></span></p><p class="intro">This year has seen the opening of the first phase of Seoul’s Great Train Express commuter rail Line A, and the start of construction on lines B and C. Plans have also been announced for extensions of all three and three more lines, as the Executive Director of Korea National Railway’s GTX Department <strong>Song Hye-chun</strong> explains to <strong>Benjámin Zelki</strong>.</p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout full twocol left item-penultimate hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/portugal-circle-line-leads-lisboa-metro-expansion-project/66575.article" class="image layoutIcon pictureLayout"><img alt="MetroLisboa-1" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" src="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/2/0/5/65205_metrolisboa1_402521.jpg" srcset="https://d1c4d7gnm6as1q.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/2/0/5/65205_metrolisboa1_402521.jpg 460w" width="460" height="307" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://www.railwaygazette.com/portugal-circle-line-leads-lisboa-metro-expansion-project/66575.article">Portugal: Circle Line leads Lisboa metro expansion 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