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Swedish Transport Administration on Future Capacity Across the Øresund

12/07/2024, 09:30
Swedish Transport Administration on Future Capacity Across the Øresund
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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.

The translation was written by an AI system, though the original text was authored by a human.

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