Fehmarnbelt Link, Denmark
Key Data:
Location
Rødby (Denmark) - Puttgarden (Germany)
Project name
Fehmarnbelt Link
Project management
Femern Bælt AS
Construction begins
2011
Project cost (est.)
€5.6bn
Approximate cost share
Denmark 85% (with EU contribution); Germany 15%
Length
Approx. 20km (12.5 miles)
Gauge
1,435mm
Speed (Provisional)
Passenger 160km/h (100mph); Freight 120 km/h (75mph)
Power: fixed link
25kV AC overhead supply
Power: connecting lines
15kV AC (Germany); 25kV ac (Denmark) overhead supply
Infrastructure: connecting lines
Banedanmark (Denmark); DB Netz (Germany)
Principal service operators
DSB (Denmark); DB (Germany)
Scheduled operation
2018
Special Characteristics:
International road/rail crossing of busy shipping channel
Will be third major Danish fixed link for improved rail connections
Undecided whether bridge or tunnel system to be deployed
Project mainly Danish controlled and financed
