The City Ring
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The City Ring is a future expansion of the Copenhagen Metro. It is not yet decided by law but construction is intended to begin in 2009 and end in 2017. Cost is estimated at €2 billion.
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[edit] Stations and route
The City Ring will serve 17 stations. The ring will intersect the M1 and M2 lines at Kongens Nytorv and Frederiksberg stations. The Metro will also reach the Nørrebro area and the Copenhagen Central Station.
Initially, two possible routes were considered, after an even bigger screening of ideas. In December 2005, the Copenhagen and Frederiksberg municipalities selected the Frederiksberg route. The purpose is to cover areas not yet serviced by S-trains or the Metro.
The finished city ring will influence much of Copenhagen's current transport network. It is believed that most buses in the inner city will disappear.
[edit] Planned routes
As of 2007, the Metro company plans to let the ring be served by two new lines, the M3 and M4. These will run on the same tracks, but the M3 will run on the entire ring, where the M4 will shuttle only the eastern half of the ring, from København H to Nørrebro. This will equalize the amount of passengers in the busiest part of the ring. A map published by the Metro company shows an additional three potential lines extending into the suburbs of metropolitan Copenhagen.[1] If these lines become approved, two of them will be extensions of the M4.
[edit] Planned stations
The official plans name the following locations as future stations, but none of them have been officially named. Stations are listed counterclockwise, beginning in the south east.[2]
- København H (interchange with S-train and DSB. Terminus on the M4.)
- near Rådhuspladsen
- near Christiansborg Palace
- Kongens Nytorv (interchange with M1 and M2)
- near Frederik's Church
- Østerport (interchange with S-train and DSB)
- near Trianglen
- near Poul Henningsens Plads
- near Vibenshus Runddel
- near Rådmandsmarken
- Nørrebro (interchange with S-train. Terminus on the M4.)
- near Nørrebros Runddel
- near Landsarkivet
- near Aksel Møllers Have
- Frederiksberg (interchange with M1 and M2)
- near Platanvej
- near Enghave Plads
[edit] Construction
Most likely, the upcoming city ring will have the same design and structure as the current metro. The trains are also likely going to be the same type as the current trains.
