Øresund Line
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Character | Passenger and freight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrification | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 25 kV 50 Hz AC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating speed | 200 km/h (125 mph) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Øresund Line (
The railway line approaches Copenhagen from the Continental Line south of Malmö and heads west, passing over the Øresund Bridge on the lower section of the Peberholm artificial island, under Copenhagen Airport to Copenhagen Central Station. In Malmö, the City Tunnel connects the railway directly to Malmö C.
History
Plans for connecting
Future
It has been proposed to complement the Øresund Line with a metro link called the
City Tunnel
Since December 2010, Øresund trains use the
Border technicalities
One of the challenges with the line was the incompatibility between the railway electrification systems in Denmark and Sweden. Denmark uses 25 kV 50 Hz AC while Sweden uses 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC.[3][4]
The signalling systems in the two countries are also different. The problems were overcome by requiring all trains operating on the line to be dual voltage and have dual signalling systems, including a minority of the
On double-track lines in Denmark trains run on the right whereas in Sweden they run on the left. On the Øresund Line trains runs on the right hand track, changing sides at a flyover north of the Malmö C, resulting in trains in the Malmö area using the Danish standard.
On Autumn 2015, border controls started at Hyllie station. They cause a delay in the traffic there. Furthermore, from January 2016, a carrier's responsibility law was in effect, so all passengers had to go through identity check at Copenhagen Airport station, and all passengers from other Danish stations had to disembark, change track and go through the identity check. These checks were abolished in May 2017, after the EU commission declared such checks not acceptable.
Line
Sweden
- Lund Central Station, Lund.
- around Arlöv's former sugar factory – change for the dual tracks' left side traffic (in Sweden north of this location) to right side traffic (Danish standard for such railways).
- Malmö Central Station (at the underground platforms, which also are non terminal platforms)
- Triangeln station, Malmö (an underground railway station).
- Hyllie station, Malmö.
- Lernacken (not a station, but the location where the fixed connection begins, at the Swedish side) – Enter the Øresund Bridge, change of electric voltage.
Denmark
- Peberholm (not a station but an artificial island) – Change of signalling system and traffic control.
- Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup Station (underground railway station), Tårnby. – Metrohas a T-junction with the Øresund Railway here
- Tårnby Station(underground railway station), Tårnby.
- Ørestad Station, Copenhagen. – Metrocrosses the Øresund Railway
- Copenhagen Central Station
- Nørreport Station(underground railway station), Copenhagen.
- Østerport Station, Copenhagen.
- One trains per hour continue to Coast Line (Denmark)(Kystbanen in Danish)
The Øresundstågs stop at the stations above. A few daily trains to Stockholm stop only at Malmö Central Station, Copenhagen Airport and Copenhagen Central Station (København H). From
History
The fixed connection across the Øresund, was inaugurated on 1 July 2000. Between the inauguration and December 2010, the tunnel through Malmö was not in operation and a far longer path was used. Trains had to drive in to Malmö Central Station and (after some 20 minutes, the train could depart for Copenhagen, but then had "to reverse" for several minutes (that is, reverse out of Malmö the same way the trains came in), followed by a long detour which orbited most of Malmö, before reaching the new fixed connection.
- local trains and for a few Danish DSB Inter City trains to Ystad, from which car-ferries departure to the Danish Baltic Sea island, Bornholm. (The alternative, car ferries from Danish town Køgeto Bornholm takes longer time)
See also
- List of railway lines in Denmark
- List of railway lines in Sweden
- Rail transport in Denmark
- History of rail transport in Denmark
- Rail transport in Sweden
- History of rail transport in Sweden
References
- ^ "About Us". Öresundståg.
- ^ a b c Magnusson, Erik (17 February 2014). "Tåget över bron dyrast i Europa" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ Banedanmark (March 30, 2016). "Electrified routes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 2016.
- ^ Trafikverket - Swedish Transport Administration. "Network Statement 2017" (PDF). p. 24.
- ^ "Rejseplanen". www.rejseplanen.dk. Retrieved 2017-11-08.