Greater Copenhagen Light Rail

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Hovedstadens Letbane
Overview
Locale	Metropolitan Copenhagen
Transit type	Light rail
Number of lines	1 (in development)
Number of stations	27
Website	www.dinletbane.dk
Operation
Operation will start	2025[1]
Operator(s)	Ringby-Letbanesamarbejdet
Train length	35 m (114 ft 10 in)
Technical
System length	27 km
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC Overhead lines
Average speed	30 km/h (19 mph)
Top speed	70 km/h (43 mph)[2]

Greater Copenhagen Light Rail^[3] (Danish: Hovedstadens Letbane) is a planned electric light rail system crossing the lines of the S-train in Greater Copenhagen, Denmark, parallel to but outside the borders of Copenhagen Municipality. Its first stage is known as the Ring 3 Light Rail, for which construction started in 2018. It will go from Lundtofte Park north of Copenhagen to Ishøj station in the southwest, and it is expected to open in 2025,^[1] with an annual ridership of 13-14 million projected.^[1] The line will be owned by the Ringby-Letbanesamarbejdet (Ring city-Light rail cooperation), which is a collaboration between the municipalities serviced or affected by the line.

Background

Currently the rapid transit network of greater Copenhagen consists of a metro system serving the city centre, south-eastern suburbs and one western suburb, and a well-developed S-train network consisting of radial lines and one inner ring line relatively close to the city centre. Further from the city centre, transport between the radials consists of bus lines. Since the suburbs along the radials are expected to grow, a better quality public transport solution between them will be needed.^[2] Furthermore, some high passenger volume destinations such as the Technical University and two hospitals are not yet directly accessible through rapid transit.

Services

Trains will depart every 5 minutes from both terminals^[2] The trip between the terminals will be completed in 55 minutes.^[4]

Stations

In total the line will have 29 stations, six of which will have a connection to the S-train network.^[2]

Station	Travelling time -> (estimated)	Travelling time <- (estimated)
Lundtofte	0	58
Rævehøjvej	1	57
Anker Engelunds Vej	3	55
Akademivej	5	53
Fortunbyen	7	51
Lyngby Centrum (Nærum Line)	10	48
Lyngby station	11	47
Gammelmosevej	15	43
Buddinge station	17	41
Gladsaxe Rådhus (Town Hall)	18	40
Gladsaxevej	20	38
Gladsaxe Trafikplads	21	37
Dynamovej	23	35
Herlev Hospital	25	33
Herlev Bymidte (Centre)	27	31
Herlev station	28	30
Herlev Syd (South)	30	28
Rødovre Nord (North)	31	27
Glostrup Ejby	33	25
Glostrup Nord (North)	36	22
Glostrup Hospital	38	20
Glostrup station	43	15
Kirkebjerg	46	12
Brøndbyvester	48	10
Delta Park	51	7
Vallensbæk station	52	6
Strandhaven	54	4
Ishøj Strand (Beach)	55	3
Ishøj station	58	0

Source:^[5]

Financing and ownership

The line will be owned through the Ringby-Light rail cooperation by the Ministry of Transport, Capital Region of Denmark and the municipalities of Lyngby-Taarbæk, Gladsaxe, Herlev, Albertslund (no station;in Glostrup, bordering Albertslund), Rødovre, Glostrup, Brøndby, Hvidovre (no station), Vallensbæk, Ishøj and Høje-Taastrup (no station). The Danish state will contribute 40% to the construction, the municipalities 34% and the Capital Region of Denmark will contribute 26%.^[2]

Further expansions

Several expansion stages are proposed, including a branch from Park Allé via Brøndby Stadium and Brøndby Strand station to Avedøre Holme. This can also be extended to Copenhagen Airport. Likewise, a northern extension to Kokkedal Station is proposed. This, together with an HH-connection may be a small part of a future ring around the Øresund with rail traffic.

See also

• Transport in Copenhagen

External links

• Project website
• The line in the Copenhagen region rapid transit network (in yellow)
• Planned course of the line

References