GERMAN Rail (DB) has decided to terminate the lease on the fleet of 13 class 605 ICE-TD inter-city DMUs used by Danish State Railways (DSB) on Eurocity services from Hamburg to Copenhagen and Aarhus.

DANISH infrastructure manager Banedanmark announced on May 18 that following the evaluation of four bids it has entered final negotiations with a joint venture of Siemens and Danish infrastructure contractor Per Aarsleff for a contract to implement the first phase of its national electrification programme.

THE Danish parliament approved the Construction Act for the Danish section of the Fehmarn Belt fixed link on April 28, authorising the construction of the tunnel to Germany and rebuilding of the connecting line from Ringsted to Rødbyhavn.

THE European Union's TEN-T programme will provide more than €15m to support the deployment of the European Train Control System (ETCS) on rolling stock in three member states: Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg. All the projects will be completed by the end of the year.

DENMARK's Ministry of Transport has agreed a new 10-year contract with Danish State Railways (DSB) to operate passenger train services on the national network until 2024.

COPENHAGEN metro authority Metroselskabet has appointed a joint venture of Arup and Rambøll to provide design services for the 27km Ring 3 light rail line, which will link 11 municipalities along the route of the Ring 3 highway on the western side of the city.

A milestone was reached in the construction of Copenhagen's Cityringen metro circle line on January 29, when Denmark's prime minister Mrs Helle Thorning-Schmidt and transport minister Mr Magnus Heunicke witnessed the breakthrough of tunnel boring machines Eva and Minerva into the station box at Copenhagen Central station.

The saga of Danish State Railways' heavily-delayed AnsaldoBreda IC4 DMUs took another turn last month with the publication of an independent report on the measures required for full fleet deployment. Keith Barrow looks at the report's main findings.

DANISH State Railways (DSB) released the latest independent assessment of its AnsaldoBreda IC4 DMUs on December 5, detailing the current status of the troubled fleet and the measures necessary to ensure the trains operate reliably.

THE European Union Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) has allocated Denmark €500,000 from the TEN-T Programme to fund preliminary technical and environmental studies for a main line rail link to Aalborg Airport.