page_title: Copenhagen–Ringsted Line
section_title: Route
hierarchical_section_title: Copenhagen–Ringsted Line / Development / Route
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Ny Ellebjerg werkzaamheden
context_page_description: The Copenhagen–Ringsted line is a High-Speed railway on Zealand, Denmark, connecting Copenhagen via Køge with Ringsted. The line was inaugurated on May 31, 2019, and started operating on June 1 as the first high-speed railway in Denmark. It supports speeds of up to 250 km/h for passenger trains as well as a maximum of 24 trains per hour along its length.
  The construction of the Copenhagen–Ringsted Line was largely as a consequence of the conventional Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line between the Danish cities of Copenhagen and Ringsted having become highly congested. During 1999, the first proposals for the route, prepared by the national Rail Planning Committee, were rejected by the Danish Parliament, leading to further studying and refinement. In 2009, the government formally discounted the idea of simply building an extra line alongside the traditional line and, during the following year, opted to authorise the building of a higher-speed line along a new alignment.
context_section_description: As intended, trains are to follow the existing line from Copenhagen Central station through Ny Ellebjerg station. The new line will begin south of the Vigerslev Allé station, and follow the Kulbanevej street and the Motorway 21. From there, it will turn north of Ishøj and after that follow the motorway E20 all the way to Fjællebro (Kværkeby) in Ringsted Municipality, from where it will go north of and parallel to the old Vestbanen line until Ringsted. The line will also be linked to an existing 180 km railway that passes between Copenhagen and the Danish land border with Germany.
  The Copenhagen–Ringsted Line will feature a new station at Ny Ellebjerg; this facility is intended to be connected to the S-train line F and a future metro line. Another new station, Køge North Station, is now completed just south of the road Egedesvej. This facility is equipped with train platforms both east of (S-train) (in Ølsemagle Lyng or Ølsemagle Strand) and west of the motorway (close to the village Ølsemagle, further to the west), located near motorway exit 32 north of Køge. A 225 metres (738 ft) pedestrian bridge formed as a tube over the motorway forms a connection between the platforms. Furthermore, an additional track is to be installed at Køge Station while Ringsted Station is to be renovated as well.
  The programme shall require the construction of various civil engineering works, including a total of five tunnels, which possess a cumulative length of 2 km, and four bridges, which had a combined length of 1,8 km. In addition, various roads, bridges, and miscellaneous passages are to be installed along the length of the route. Reportedly, the construction phase shall require 128,000 m³ of concrete, 105,000 t of steel, 358,000 m³ of gravel and 327,000 m³ of chippings.
caption: The new platforms on the left
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