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Danish parliament approves construction of light rail project

Xinhua, June 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Danish parliament on Tuesday adopted a construction act for the light rail project in the Greater Copenhagen area.

All nine political parties in parliament voted in favor of the project where 11 municipalities are involved, according to Danish news agency Ritzau.

The 28 km dual-track light rail line, also known as Ring3, will run along the Ring 3 Motorway Road from Lundtofte town in the north of Copenhagen to Ishoj town in the south.

It is the biggest light rail project in Denmark, as well as in the Nordic region, and is expected to be operational in 2023.

The new line is expected to carry 43,000 passengers a day and up to 14 million passengers a year, and will allow trains to run at average speed of 30 km per hour and at a maximum speed of 70 km per hour.

The trains are scheduled to run every five minutes during day time on weekdays and every 10 minutes at night and on weekends, and will stop at six S-train stations, one intercity station, two hospitals and the Technical University of Denmark

Ring 3 Light rail I/S, a company that was established by the Danish Ministry of Transport, the Capital Region of Denmark and 11 municipalities in the Greater Copenhagen area, is responsible for the design, construction and operation of the project.

The investment for construction of the project is estimated to be around 4 billion Danish kroner (598.7 million U.S. dollars). Additionally, there will be approximately 1.3 billion kroner for train and establishment of control and maintenance center. (1 U.S. dollar=6.68 Danish kroner) Enditem