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11 April 2014 | By Jan Schneider-Tilli – Banedanmark’s Project Director for the new Copenhagen– Ringsted line
For Global Railway Review, Jan Schneider-Tilli – Banedanmark’s Project Director for the new Copenhagen–Ringsted line – reflects on the first Danish high-speed project as it reaches the halfway line...
23 May 2013 | By Henrik Dam Kristensen, Minister for Transport, Denmark
It is the Danish Government’s ambition that most of future traffic growth should take place in public transport. This will help to reduce congestion and to ensure environmentally sustainable transport. However, in order to turn this ambition into reality, railway services must be able to attract new customers and to…
23 May 2013 | By Jens Ole Kaslund, Ringsted–Fehmarn Project Director, Banedanmark
The upgrading of the Ringsted–Fehmarn Line is one of Banedanmark’s largest ever projects. Together with the fixed link across the Fehmarn Belt and other major Danish infrastructure projects such as the Copenhagen–Ringsted Line, this is a massive scheme for both rail freight and passenger traffic.
23 May 2013 | By Johnny Restrup-Sørensen, Contract Director – Railway, Femern A/S
The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel will connect Denmark and Germany with a two-track railway and a four-lane motorway underneath the Fehmarnbelt. With a total length of approximately 18km, it will be the world’s longest immersed tunnel for combined rail and road traffic and will help bring people, businesses and culture in the…
8 June 2012 | By Jan Schneider-Tilli, Project Director, Copenhagen-Ringsted railway, Banedanmark
The new Copenhagen-Ringsted railway is the largest civil engineering project in Denmark for well over 100 years. Not since the Vestvolden fortifications around Copenhagen were built between 1882 and 1892 as part of the city’s defences has Denmark been the setting for such an extensive building project: a new 60km…
31 May 2011 | By Claus Nymark, Manager, Engineering Team of the Signalling Programme, Banedanmark
The Danish parliament Manager, Engineering Team of the Signalling Programme, Banedanmark has decided to fund a €3.2 billion replacement programme of renewing all Danish railway signalling before 2021. The programme is unique in Europe both in size and in its approach of focusing on economies of scale and creating a…
18 January 2011 | By Atkins
The award will see the construction of 60km of new line linking into the 180km route from Copenhagen to the German border...
31 May 2010 | By Craig Waters, Editor, Global Railway Review
In January 2009, the Danish parliament decided to fund a €3.2 billion replacement programme of renewing all Danish railway signalling before 2021. The programme is one of its kind in Europe both in size and being unique in its approach of focusing on economies of scale and creating a competitive…
26 September 2009 | By Stefan Knittel, Project Manager, Rhomberg Bahntechnik
The new Citytunnel in Malmö is the next major step to connect the City centres of Malmö (Sweden) and Copenhagen (Denmark) even closer. The new line, connected to the Öresund-bridge and the Malmö Main Station will go underneath the centre of Malmö, crossing sensitive areas with hospitals, theatres and private…
15 May 2009 | By Martin Munk Hansen, Manager of Rail Projects, Trafikstyrelsen (Public Transport Authority)
A summary of Denmark's Public Transport Authority's goals, tasks, and railway projects, including expanding capacity between Copenhagen and Ringsted, modernisation of Nørreport Station and improvements to the Northwest Line between Roskilde and Holbæk.
15 May 2009 | By Karsten Røn Andersen, CEO, DSB Sverige AB & Managing Director, DSBFirst Group AB
Karsten Røn Andersen shares his vision for 20% of Danish State Railways' turnover to be earned outside Denmark, and the role DSBFirst will play in achieving this.
26 March 2009 | By Morten Søndergaard, Programme Director, Banedanmark
Details of the programme to renew all Danish railway signalling before 2021, focussing on economies of scale and creating a competitive market situation to ensure best price and quality.
26 March 2009 | By Johnny Brevik, ERESS Chairman and Eastern Regional Director for Jernbaneverket
Learn more about the ERESS (European Railway Energy Settlement System) and how it reduces railway energy consumption by up to 15%, strengthening both the environmental profile and competitiveness of the railways.
23 January 2009 | By Arjen Zoeteman, Head Technical Advisor of European Rail Infrastructure Managers and Senior Researcher at Delft University of Technology and former Infrastructure Architect at ProRail, Michiel Deerenberg, Sustainability Programme Manager at ProRail and former Programme Manager of the Triple A Strategy, Sjaak Heijstek, Programme Manager of the Triple A Strategy, ProRail and Alfons Schaafsma, R&D Advisor for Traffic Control Management, ProRail
How ProRail is developing a new strategy for achieving a 50% increase in the capacity of the Netherland's rail network.
28 May 2008 | By Claus Rehfeld, Director of Construction & Renewals, Banedanmark
In 2005, the Danish railway experienced a major crisis, suffering massive delays due to poor track standards and failing signalling systems. Two issues were behind the problems; the railway had been, and was, under-funded and there was a significant lack of technical and managerial control of the infrastructure. Lack of…
