Denis Bowers

COPENHAGEN metro authority Metroselskabet has awarded two major contracts worth DKr 9.1bn ($US 1.45bn) for the Sydnvan branch of the city's automated metro network, the company's CEO, Mr Henrik Plougmann Olsen, announced on November 28.

IN light of serious difficulties with the installation onboard equipment, the Danish government has pushed back the completion date for the nationwide rollout of ERTMS from 2023 to 2030.

A majority in the Danish parliament has approved a revised version of the previously-threatened Togfond programme, which will use North Sea oil revenues to fund a substantial investment in the main line rail network.

THE Prime Minister of Denmark Mr Lars Løkke Rasmussen and the mayor of Copenhagen Mr Frank Jensen witnessed the completion of tunnelling on the Cityringen orbital metro line on the morning of February 20, when TBM Tria broke through at the east end of the Copenhagen Central station box.

THE Danish parliament has agreed by a large majority to fund construction of a new road and rail bridge between the islands of Falster and Masnedø, which will be part of the hinterland link from Copenhagen to the Fehmarn Belt tunnel.

TWENTY-THREE years after the start of construction, test running will begin this week in the 8.7km Hallandsås tunnel, Sweden's longest railway tunnel, marking the completion of infrastructure works on the SKr 10.5bn ($US 1.25bn) project.

THE Danish government has approved an amendment to the law permitting the construction of Copenhagen's Cityringen circle metro line to allow the construction of the Sydhavn branch line.

THE Danish government reached an agreement with Copenhagen City Council on May 15 to construct two extensions of the city's automated metro network.

DANISH State Railways (DSB) has been granted permission to purchase 67 Bombardier double-deck coaches, which it has leased from Luxembourg-based Ascendos since 2002, to avoid what DSB describes as potential capacity problems caused by the continuing unreliability of its IC4 dmus supplied by AnsaldoBreda.