Development plans for the National Danish Railways

16.04.2013 Scandinavian Rail Development Conference 2013

In progress

The Signalling Programme (2,5 bio. €)

Copenhagen – Ringsted new line (1,3 bio. €)

In focus for new investments

Landworks in relation to Fehmarn Belt fixed link

Freight corridor between Sweden and Germany

Electrification

”Rail fund Denmark”

Fehmarnbelt

Fehmarnbelt

Fixed link of decisive importance for railfreight

Cost: 5,4 bio. €

Expected opening year: 2021

Fehmarn landworks

- Description

- Electrification Ringsted – Rødby

- Construction of new double track Ringsted

- Rødby (except Storstrømsbridge)

- Opgrading of topspeed to 200 km/h

- Increased capacity and reduced travel

time

- Status:

- Technical design and preparatory work

- Expected opening year:

- 2021

- Cost:

- 1,2 bio. €

Storstrømsbridge

New Storstrømsbridge

Preliminary design

Cost: 0,5 bio. € Expected opening year: 2021

Øresund rail line

- Description

- Increase of capacity of Øresund rail line

by establishing a waiting track or

directional traffic near Kastrup.

- To benefit freight and passenger trains

- Status:

- Pending political decision

- Expected opening year:

- Not decided

- Cost:

- Max 70 mio €

Double track Vamdrup - Vojens

- Description

- Construction of an additional track between Vamdrup and Vojens

- Increased capacity to allow more freight trains before opening of Fehmarn link

- Reduced travel time

- Status:

- Construction works to start

- Expected opening year: - 2015

- Cost:

- 100 mio €

The Electrification Programme

There is a strong political commitment

to move forward with the

electrification

Km catenary already in commission:

– Fjernbane: 25 kV AC: 1 321 km

– S-bane: 1500 V DC: 435 km

Total: 1 756 km

Already decided projects for electrification

Km of catenary system:

– Copenhagen - Ringsted: 120 km

– Ringsted - Holeby: 258 km

– Lunderskov - Esbjerg: 114 km

– Køge Nord – Næstved: 45 km

Total volume: 537 km

Projects that still require political approval - but have a good business case

Km of catenary system:

– Roskilde – Holbæk – Kalundborg: 112 km

– Fredericia - Aarhus: 218 km

– Aarhus - Aalborg: 280 km

Total volume: 610 km

Rail fund Denmark

Project Cost

New line Funen 0,7 bio. €

Bridge Vejle fiord 0,5 bio. €

New line Eastern Jutland 0,5 bio. €

Other investments for speed upgrade Fredericia – Aarhus 0,2 bio. €

Electrification Roskilde – Kalundborg 0,2 bio. €

Electrification Fredericia – Aalborg 0,7 bio. €

Electrification Aalborg - Frederikshavn 0,1 bio. €

Electrification Vejle – Struer 0,2 bio. €

Other investments 0,7 bio. €

Total 3,7 bio. €

Electrification Projects included in the Rail fund

– Aalborg–Frederikshavn: 85 km

– Vejle-Struer: 130 km

Rail fund Denmark new lines

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