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==Fredrikshavn DSB – Göteborg TRV {train ferry}== | ==Fredrikshavn DSB – Göteborg TRV {train ferry}== | ||
There had been no rail traffic for several years until the facilities were repaired and brought back into use in June 2012 to transfer stock and engineering vehicles between Denmark and Sweden following severance of the Limfjorden bridge at Aalborg on 28 March 2012. | |||
==Helsingør DSB - Helsingborg TRV {train ferry}== | ==Helsingør DSB - Helsingborg TRV {train ferry}== | ||
Revision as of 14:49, 15 September 2012
Fredrikshavn DSB – Göteborg TRV {train ferry}
There had been no rail traffic for several years until the facilities were repaired and brought back into use in June 2012 to transfer stock and engineering vehicles between Denmark and Sweden following severance of the Limfjorden bridge at Aalborg on 28 March 2012.
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.
