High Speed Rail News

Demark-Germany Bridge by 2015

The German and Danish ministers of transport have made a common declaration in favour of building a tunnel or a suspension bridge across the Fehmarn strait between Denmark and Germany by 2015. The link is to have a four-lane highway and a double-track railway, and will be financed by tolls and loans guaranteed by the government. It would be 18 km long and cost ?9bn. The link, together with improvements in track, would give a trip time of two and a half hours between Kobenhavn and Hamburg, compared to four and a half hours now. See also press releases from the Danish ministry of transport 1 and 2 , the ministry's Femern page , report in English on the link's dynamic and strategic effects , German press release , earlier story , www.scandinavian-link.org , and DN stories from last year 1 and 2 .(June 25th)