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Greater Copenhagen Light Rail ( da, Hovedstadens Letbane) is a planned electric light rail system crossing the lines of the S-train in Greater Copenhagen,

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, 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

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Park north of Copenhagen to

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in the southwest, and it is expected to open in 2025, with an annual ridership of 13-14 million projected. 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

Currently the

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network of greater Copenhagen consists of a

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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. Furthermore, some high passenger volume destinations such as the Technical University and two hospitals are not yet directly accessible through rapid transit.

Services

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

Stations

In total the line will have 29 stations, six of which will have a connection to the S-train network. Source:https://www.ft.dk/samling/20181/almdel/tru/spm/457/svar/1571924/2041243.pdf

Financing and ownership

The line will be owned through the Ringby-Light rail cooperation by the Ministry of Transport,

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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%.

Further expansions

Several expansion stages are proposed, including a branch from Park Allé via Brøndby Stadium and

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to Avedøre Holme. This can also be extended to

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. Likewise, a northern extension to

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is proposed. This, together with an HH-connection may be a small part of a future ring around the

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with rail traffic.

External links

Project website

The line in the Copenhagen region rapid transit network (in yellow)

Planned course of the line

References

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