Tuesday 5 October 2010

Electrification plans for Zealand?

If our friends at the Copenhagen Post are right... this from their website:

DSB plans to electrify Zealand rails

S-Trains could cover the entire island within the next decade
State-owned train operator DSB looks likely to expand its S-Train service out of Greater Copenhagen to cover all of Zealand within the decade, reports public broadcaster DR.
If the plan falls into place, DSB’s S-Trains would run to towns such as Kalundborg and Nykøbing on the western coast of Zealand, and the service would gather most of its passenger growth by serving the new destinations.
The plan calls for establishing a network of a new generation of electrically powered trains on the island of Zealand within the next decade. The network would provide shorter travel times and reduce congestion on the rails, which DSB hopes would attract more commuters.
It is expected that the opening of the new train service would take place at the same time as the opening of the Fehmarn bridge in 2018.

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