Border Crossings: Denmark - Sweden: Difference between revisions
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==København DSB - Malmö TRV== | ==København DSB - Malmö TRV== | ||
[E*] The Øresund fixed link, via a tunnel and a bridge, between Denmark and Sweden opened on 2 July 2000. Electrification | [E*] The Øresund fixed link, via a tunnel and a bridge, between Denmark and Sweden opened on 2 July 2000. Electrification is to Danish standards, with the change to Swedish systems at Lernacken, Sweden. Signalling is to Swedish standard extending west to inlcude the Peberholm/Pepparholm island. Dual-frequency electric units work passenger trains and dual-requency locomotives (Hector Rail, Railion Scandinavia) freight trains. DSB operates trains between København and Ystad, connecting there with a ferry to the Danish island of Bornholm. Passengers to/from Bornholm can use DSB domestic tickets, but these are not valid for break of journey in Sweden. These train to not call at Malmö. | ||
== See also == | == See also == |
Revision as of 18:02, 6 November 2011
Fredrikshavn DSB – Göteborg TRV {train ferry}
Limited freight only.
Helsingør DSB - Helsingborg TRV {train ferry}
This route has not been used since the opening of the fixed link (see next item), and cannot be brought into use again without infrastructure work.
København DSB - Malmö TRV
[E*] The Øresund fixed link, via a tunnel and a bridge, between Denmark and Sweden opened on 2 July 2000. Electrification is to Danish standards, with the change to Swedish systems at Lernacken, Sweden. Signalling is to Swedish standard extending west to inlcude the Peberholm/Pepparholm island. Dual-frequency electric units work passenger trains and dual-requency locomotives (Hector Rail, Railion Scandinavia) freight trains. DSB operates trains between København and Ystad, connecting there with a ferry to the Danish island of Bornholm. Passengers to/from Bornholm can use DSB domestic tickets, but these are not valid for break of journey in Sweden. These train to not call at Malmö.