IN light of serious difficulties with the installation onboard equipment, the Danish government has pushed back the completion date for the nationwide rollout of ERTMS from 2023 to 2030.

DANISH infrastructure manager Banedanmark says a DKr 55m ($US 8.8m) grant funding programme to help rail freight operators fund the installation of onboard ETCS equipment on their locomotives will come into effect on October 1.

A majority in the Danish parliament has approved a revised version of the previously-threatened Togfond programme, which will use North Sea oil revenues to fund a substantial investment in the main line rail network.

DANISH infrastructure manager Banedanmark marked the completion of its project to electrify the Lundeskov - Esbjerg line on August 6 with a special electric run for invited guests on the 57km route.

THE European Commission (EC) announced on July 11 that it has approved a Danish scheme to help rail freight operators fund the installation of ETCS equipment on their locomotives.

MANAGEMENT of Denmark’s national ERTMS rollout and the introduction of CBTC on the Copenhagen S-Train network has been strongly criticised in a report by the country’s National Audit Office, which was published on January 25.

SIEMENS announced on December 6 that it successfully conducted driving tests with its Trainguard 200 ETCS equipment in Sweden over a two-week period in November.

DANISH infrastructure manager Banedanmark marked the start of tracklaying on the Copenhagen - Køge - Ringsted high-speed line on October 28, when the first 10 sleepers were lowered into position by Denmark’s transport minister Mr Hans-Christian Schmidt.

DANISH infrastructure manager Banedanmark and Alstom have successfully completed the first test of an ETCS Level 2 Baseline 3 application, which was validated by the European Union Agency for Railways in July.