Swedish Transport Administration on Future Capacity Across the Øresund

As part of approving Sweden’s National Transport Infrastructure Plan 2022-2033, the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) was tasked with investigating capacity and redundancy for transport across the Øresund strait, including further study of a fixed Helsingborg-Elsinore connection.

Key conclusions from the investigation:

• Road and rail capacity across the Øresund Bridge is sufficient until 2050. Limitations are set by capacity in Sweden and Denmark.
• The biggest short-term bottleneck for rail is border control processes.
• The most critical long-term measure is adding two more tracks between Hässleholm and Lund in Skåne, and increased capacity north of Hässleholm, before expanding rail over Øresund.
• The study examined the proposed Helsingborg-Helsingør, European Rail and Øresund Metro links, but did not take a position for or against any project.
• None of the links constitute an effective solution to the identified challenges alone.
• As part of the commission, a sub-report concluded it would be possible to build a more direct rail route for a Helsingborg-Helsingør link, likely reducing construction costs.

“We believe it is very important to continue working on these issues in a joint process. We therefore propose continued bilateral efforts initiated by the two governments, where Swedish and Danish transport authorities get a joint mission around challenges, goals and forecasts for the Øresund region’s transport system,” said Anna Wildt-Persson, Director for Trafikverket’s southern region.

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