| København – Ringsted | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Type | Main line |
| Termini | Copenhagen Central Ringsted |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 2018? |
| Operator(s) | DSB |
| Technical | |
| Line length | ca. 120 km |
| No. of tracks | Double |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Electrification | 25 kV 50 Hz AC |
| Operating speed | 250 km/h"Banedanmark: København-Ringsted". http://www.bane.dk/visBanearbejde.asp?artikelID=11718. Retrieved 2011-07-26.</ref> |
The Copenhagen-Ringsted Lineis a future railway on Sealand, Denmark, connecting Copenhagen via Køge with Ringsted. Construction is scheduled to start in 2013, and the line should then activated in 2018.
The current railway from Copenhagen to Ringsted (part of the Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line) is congested, and forms a bottleneck for which two solutions have been proposed.
In March 2007, Danish parliament decided[1] to restrict research to two solutions, the so-called 'greenfield solution' and the 'fifth solution'. The fifth solution was rejected in late 2009[2], although it would have been cheaper.[3]
Projected time until completion was 8 years from 2009, of which construction will take 5 years.[4]
Main aim of the greenfield solution is to deviate all trains to the new line which do not service local destinations between Copenhagen and Roskilde or between Roskilde and Ringsted. This way, local traffic can expand on the existing railway, and travel on the new line allows travel times between Copenhagen and Køge, where a station will be constructed at Køge North, to be reduced by 15 minutes. [5] Total capacity of the new line will be 24 trains per hour per direction, but this number is far larger than the current capacity of Copenhagen Central Station, which is ca. 17 trains per hour in total.[6]
The line will follow the motorway E20 (shared on the section north of Køge with E47 and E55).[7]