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Greater Copenhagen Light Rail

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Hovedstadens Letbane
Overview
LocaleMetropolitan Copenhagen
Transit typeLight rail
Number of lines2 (in development)
Number of stations27
Websitewww.dinletbane.dk
Operation
Operation will start2025[1]
Operator(s)Ringby-Letbanesamarbejdet
Train length35 m (114 ft 10 in)
Technical
System length27 km
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC Overhead lines
Average speed30 km/h (19 mph)
Top speed70 km/h (43 mph)[2]
Map of the route

Bus from line 300S at Nordre Ringvej. The light rail will replace virtually the entire line.

Greater Copenhagen Light Rail (Danish: Hovedstadens Letbane, lit.'The Capital City's Light Rail') is a planned electric light rail system crossing the lines of the S-train in Greater Copenhagen, Denmark, parallel to but outside the borders of Copenhagen Municipality. Its first stage is known as the Ring 3 Light Rail, for which construction started in 2018. It will go from Lundtofte Park north of Copenhagen to Ishøj station in the southwest, and it is expected to open in 2025,[1] with an annual ridership of 13-14 million projected.[1] The line will be owned by the Ringby-Letbanesamarbejdet (Ring city-Light rail cooperation), which is a collaboration between the municipalities serviced or affected by the line.

Background

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The 'finger-plan' of Copenhagen. The new light rail will connect most of the 'fingers'.

Currently the rapid transit network of greater Copenhagen consists of a metro system serving the city centre, south-eastern suburbs and one western suburb, and a well-developed S-train network consisting of radial lines and one inner ring line relatively close to the city centre. Further from the city centre, transport between the radials consists of bus lines. Since the suburbs along the radials are expected to grow, a better quality public transport solution between them will be needed.[2] Furthermore, some high passenger volume destinations such as the Technical University and two hospitals are not yet directly accessible through rapid transit.

Services

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Trains will depart every 5 minutes from both terminals[2] The trip between the terminals will be completed in 55 minutes.[3]

Stations

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In total the line will have 29 stations, six of which will have a connection to the S-train network.[2]

Construction of Lundtofte Station, terminal station.
Glostrup Station, changing station, to Ishøj Station or Lundtofte Station.
Ishøj Station, terminal station.
Station Travelling time ->
(estimated)
Travelling

time <- (estimated)

Lundtofte 0 58
Rævehøjvej 1 57
Anker Engelunds Vej 3 55
Akademivej 5 53
Fortunbyen 7 51
Lyngby Centrum (Nærum Line)

10 48
Lyngby station

11 47
Gammelmosevej 15 43
Buddinge station

17 41
Gladsaxe Rådhus (Town Hall) 18 40
Gladsaxevej 20 38
Gladsaxe Trafikplads 21 37
Dynamovej 23 35
Herlev Hospital

25 33
Herlev Bymidte (Centre) 27 31
Herlev station

28 30
Herlev Syd (South) 30 28
Rødovre Nord (North) 31 27
Glostrup Ejby 33 25
Glostrup Nord (North) 36 22
Glostrup Hospital 38 20
Glostrup station

43 15
Kirkebjerg 46 12
Brøndbyvester 48 10
Delta Park 51 7
Vallensbæk station

52 6
Strandhaven 54 4
Ishøj Strand (Beach) 55 3
Ishøj station

58 0

Source:[4]

Financing and ownership

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The line will be owned through the Ringby-Light rail cooperation by the Ministry of Transport, Capital Region of Denmark and the municipalities of Lyngby-Taarbæk, Gladsaxe, Herlev, Albertslund (no station;in Glostrup, bordering Albertslund), Rødovre, Glostrup, Brøndby, Hvidovre (no station), Vallensbæk, Ishøj and Høje-Taastrup (no station). The Danish state will contribute 40% to the construction, the municipalities 34% and the Capital Region of Denmark will contribute 26%.[2]

Further expansions

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Several expansion stages are proposed, including a branch from Park Allé via Brøndby Stadium and Brøndby Strand station to Avedøre Holme. This can also be extended to Copenhagen Airport. Likewise, a northern extension to Kokkedal Station is proposed. This, together with an HH-connection may be a small part of a future ring around the Øresund with rail traffic.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Siden blev ikke fundet". Archived from the original on 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  2. ^ a b c d e "L for Letbane". Dinletbane.dk (in Danish). Hovedstadens Letbane. November 5, 2015.
  3. ^ "Ring 3 Light Rail, Copenhagen, Denmark". railway-technology.com.
  4. ^ https://www.ft.dk/samling/20181/almdel/tru/spm/457/svar/1571924/2041243.pdf [bare URL PDF]