Vogelfluglinie - Landside Connections

Landside Connections

The road connection consists of:

• European route E47 on the Danish side.
• Autobahn A1 (European routes E 47 and E22) on the German side, and the two-lane Bundesstraße 207/E 47 on the northernmost section. An additional 10 km (6.2 mi) of motorway was completed by 2008, still leaving the last 25 km (16 mi) a two-lane road.

The rail connection consists of:

• 118 km (73 mi) of double track from Copenhagen to Vordingborg; maximum speed 160 to 180 km/h (99 to 112 mph); electrified for 64 km (40 mi) to Ringsted
• 65 km (40 mi) of single track from Vordingborg to Rødby; maximum speed 120 km/h (75 mph)
• 89 km (55 mi) of single track from Puttgarden to Lübeck
• 64 km (40 mi) of double track from Lübeck to Hamburg, electrified.

Passenger services between Copenhagen and Hamburg number three to five EuroCitys a day in each direction, operated with DBAG Class 605 trains of Deutsche Bahn and Danish IC3 trains. Since completion of the Great Belt Bridge freight trains are not directed via Rødby-Puttgarden any more, but via Funen and Jutland which is 160 km (99 mi) longer. Same applies to the CityNightLine train between Copenhagen and Munich/Dortmund/Basel/Amsterdam.

These current bridges and tunnels are part of the connection:

• Masnedsund Bridge and Storstrøm Bridge, Sealand/Falster (rail)
• Farø Bridges, Sealand/Falster (motorway E47)
• Frederick IX Bridge, Falster/Lolland (two-lane road and rail)
• Guldborgsund Tunnel, Falster/Lolland (motorway E47)
• Rødbyhavn (harbor, Denmark)
• Puttgarden (harbor, Germany)
• Fehmarn Sound bridge, Fehmarn/Germany (two-lane road E47 and rail)