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The Fehmarn Belt bridge was originally expected to be completed by 2018. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] However, in late 2010, after further feasibility studies, the Danish project planners declared that an immersed tunnel would instead present fewer construction risks and would cost about the same.
The Fehmarn Sound Tunnel is a planned tunnel between the German mainland and the island of Fehmarn, which is projected to be built by 2028, to augment and relieve the Fehmarn Sound Bridge. It is projected to cost €718 million. [ 1 ]
The service from Großenbrode Quay, Germany to Gedser, Denmark, crossing both Fehmarn Sound and the Fehmarn Belt, was replaced with a new service from Puttgarden (on Fehmarn) to Rødby, Denmark crossing just the Fehmarn Belt. The new bridge and ferry changes brought about a substantial time saving for both road and rail traffic along the so ...
By way of comparison, the 50-kilometer (31-mile) Channel Tunnel linking England and France, completed in 1993, cost the equivalent of £12 billion ($13.6 billion) in today’s money.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link: A bridge was proposed as one means of spanning the Fehmarn Belt (to Germany)
Location of the ferry route. Fehmarn Belt (German pronunciation ⓘ) (Danish: Femern Bælt, former spelling Femer Bælt; Low German: Femernbelt) is a strait connecting the Bay of Kiel and the Bay of Mecklenburg in the western part of the Baltic Sea between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland.
It is still being planned as of 2024. If the Fehmarn Sound tunnel is not finished when the Fehmarn Belt tunnel is completed, the Fehmarn Sound Bridge can be electrified and used during a transition period. The following stations will exist along the new Lübeck–Puttgarden railway. [9] Bad Schwartau (existing station but will need modification)
Fehmarn Belt Tunnel (Rødbyhavn–Puttgarden), 200 km/h, to be completed in 2028. [6] (since revised) Puttgarden–Lübeck railway, to be electrified [8] and upgraded to reach 200 km/h up from the current 100–160 km/h. [9] The new Fehmarn Sound Tunnel (to be completed in 2028) is part of this section. [10]