With the continuing need to reduce both costs and damage to the environment, David Briginshaw considers whether using "weathering" rather than galvanised steel for electrification masts and structures would be beneficial.

VEOLIA Transport Sweden is set to continue operating the Swedish section of the Øresund network beyond December 2014 after it was awarded a five-year contract by Öresundståg AB, the joint company owned by six regional transport authorites which is responsible for tendering the services.

DENMARK has secured €11.5m from the European Union's (EU) TEN-T programme to help fund a €115.5m project to electrify the 57km Lunderskov – Esbjerg line and improve rail links to the port of Esbjerg.

TENDERING is underway for four design-build contracts for civil works on the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link, which will provide a double-track railway and four-lane highway connection between Puttgarden, Germany, and Rødbyhavn in Denmark.

Denmark, which is already investing heavily in its railway, is looking to ramp up spending even further in a bid to slash rail journey times between its main cities. David Briginshaw reports on these ambitious plans.

Denmark is one of the first countries in the world to implement contactless smartcard technology on a national scale. Keith Barrow looks at the challenges and successes of the Rejsekort project.

THE Danish government has announced plans to use North Sea oil revenues to finance a €3.7bn investment in the country's railway infrastructure over the next decade, which will reduce journey times between Denmark's five largest cities.

DANISH infrastructure manager Banedanmark has commissioned Siemens to equip 840 rail vehicles with GSM-R technology in an order worth €20m.

DANISH State Railways (DSB) and AnsaldoBreda have agreed a final delivery schedule for the troubled IC2 and IC4 inter-city dmu fleets, which were ordered as long ago as 2000 and due to enter service in 2003.

A CEREMONY was held at Maschen yard near Hamburg on November 27 to mark the introduction of 835m-long freight trains between Germany and Scandinavia.