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 confirmed on October 11 that the rollout of ERTMS across the 2132km national network has proved more complex than expected, and completion of the programme has been pushed back.
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.
THE board of Danish State Railways (DSB) has approved a proposal to acquire 26 electric locomotives to replace the fleet of class ME diesel locomotives built by Henschel in 1981-85.
THE first of 26 LRVs being built by Stadler for the light rail network in Aarhus arrived in the Danish city for testing on August 11.
THE Danish parliament has agreed by a large majority to fund construction of a new road and rail bridge between the islands of Falster and Masnedø, which will be part of the hinterland link from Copenhagen to the Fehmarn Belt tunnel.
A long-term plan to reduce journey times between Denmark's principal towns and cities to one hour appears to have fallen victim to the decline in oil prices.
THE first of 26 LRVs of two types being built by Stadler for Aarhus Letbanen, Denmark, has been completed and will arrive in Denmark for testing at the end of the summer.
DENMARK's largest rail freight operator DB Cargo Scandinavia (DBCS) has warned it could be forced to pull out of the market because of the cost of equipping its locomotives with ETCS.
