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.

ALSTOM has delivered 13 Coradia Lint regional trains, which will begin operation in Demark later this year, to North Jutland Railway (NJ).

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.

DANISH State Railways (DSB) announced on June 23 that it has reached an agreement with an unnamed foreign buyer for the sale of 15 of its 23 AnsaldoBreda IC2 DMUs.

DENMARK’s Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing announced on June 15 that it plans to establish a new state-owned rolling stock company to take over the procurement and ownership of new trains from Danish State Railways (DSB).

On June 12 the Danish parliament approved plans to issue an open tender for the operation of regional services in central and western Jutland for eight years from December 2020, with an option for a two-year extension.

ODENSE Letbane, the public agency responsible for developing the first light rail line in Denmark’s third largest city, has selected Comsa as preferred bidder for the railway systems contract for the 14.4km line from Tarup Centre to Hjallese.

THE Prime Minister of Denmark Mr Lars Løkke Rasmussen and the mayor of Copenhagen Mr Frank Jensen witnessed the completion of tunnelling on the Cityringen orbital metro line on the morning of February 20, when TBM Tria broke through at the east end of the Copenhagen Central station box.

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.

DANISH State Railways (DSB) announced on December 15 that it will phase out the fleet of AnsaldoBreda IC4 trains in 2024 as electrification enables the introduction of new EMUs to replace the troubled DMUs.