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"Failed big time": Politician criticises severe Femern delay

Germany now has a plan - the question is, will it hold?

Choosing the stops for trains between Hamburg and Copenhagen is no straightforward task. Archive photo: David Arnholm.

Where Should the German Train Stop? Analysis to Decide the Dispute

The tunnel portal for the new Fehmarn Sound Tunnel will be constructed from the dry dock that has cast the tunnel elements. Illustration: Deutsche Bahn.

The Hinterland Saga: Deutsche Bahn’s Mission Impossible

The tunnel portal for the new Fehmarn Sound Tunnel will be constructed from the dry dock that has cast the tunnel elements. Illustration: Deutsche Bahn.

The Hinterland Saga: Deutsche Bahn’s Mission Impossible

Most of the goods transported on Danish railways are transit traffic between Sweden and Germany. Here, Swedish steel is ready for transport. Photo: SSAB

Analysis: German tunnel delays could cost the Danish treasury and the climate dearly

Deutsche Bahn insists that their hinterland connection will be ready on time. However, construction of the new tunnel has not yet started. Archival photo: Femern A/S.

Tricky tunnel: Deutsche Bahn promises Fehmarn trains on time

The chairman of the Danish Parliament’s Transport Committee, Social Democrat Rasmus Prehn, remains far from convinced that the German hinterland connection will be completed on time.

Committee chair on German delays: Not satisfactory

There have been demonstrations at several DB Schenker locations on Wednesday, where workers fear layoffs as a result of the possible upcoming acquisition.

Media: Danish transport giant in multibillion acquisition in Germany

It has been a long time coming, but now there are signs that the German hinterland connection will become a reality. At least, Deutsche Bahn has now put the task out to tender.

Something’s happening: German hinterland connection put out to tender

Fehmarn Municipality is now taking Deutsche Bahn to the Federal Administrative Court to get Deutsche Bahn to change the plans for the hinterland connection to the Fehmarn Tunnel to Lolland.

New German Fehmarn complaint

The future Fehmarnsund tunnel consists of four tubes, just like its 'big brother', the Fehmarnbelt tunnel.

Deutsche Bahn is taking its time with the Fehmarn Sound tunnel

The German federal government's austerity policy is now raising concerns about whether the hinterland connection to the Fehmarn Tunnel - including a new submerged tunnel under the Fehmarn Sound - will be ready on time.

Business community demands clarity on hinterland connection

The German federal government's austerity policy is now raising concerns about whether the hinterland connection to the Fehmarn Tunnel - including a new submerged tunnel under the Fehmarn Sound - will be ready on time.

Business community demands clarity on hinterland connection

More passengers, more freight and fewer kilometers of rails are pushing the German railway infrastructure to the limit.

Bitter rush hours for German railways

An update of the EU directive on intermodal freight transport aims to get more freight onto rails and ships, and only use trucks for the first and last part of the route.

Analysis: Long prospects for rail freight transport

Deutsche Bahn's plan to upgrade the German railway network for up to DKK 335 billion has come against the wind with a new decision from the German Federal Constitutional Court

Court decision is a bomb under German railway plan

Director Mirko Schönfeldt from Baltic Facility Solutions does not like the idea that an element factory should be built to cast elements for the new Femernsund tunnel, when there is a factory for the purpose in Rødbyhavn.

Baltic FS: Cast the Femernsund tunnel in Rødbyhavn

Director Mirko Schönfeldt from Baltic Facility Solutions does not like the idea that an element factory should be built to cast elements for the new Femernsund tunnel, when there is a factory for the purpose in Rødbyhavn.

Baltic FS: Cast the Femernsund tunnel in Rødbyhavn

The plans for a new immersed tunnel from the island of Fehmarn to the German mainland are ready. But they have not yet been approved by the authorities. That is why Deutsche Bahn is initially laying new rails to the worn Fehmarnsund bridge (top right).

Analysis: Deutsche Bahn begins with Plan B

Here is Deutsche Bahn’s plan for the hinterland connection

Here is Deutsche Bahn’s plan for the hinterland connection

It could end up with a bill of up to 80 billion Euros (596 billion kroner) to upgrade 9,000 kilometers of German railways. But the money is the least challenge for Deutsche Bahn.

Analysis: Many unknowns in Deutsche Bahn’s billion-euro equation

Jan Sørensen, who is managing director of the construction company MSE, estimates that the German railway tenders will be too large for a smaller, Danish contractor. But he would like to join as a subcontractor.

German railway tenders are too big for Fehmarn’s “little brother”

Deutsche Bahn vil bruge over 335 milliarder kroner på opgradering af jernbanenettet over de næste syv år.

Tyskland vil investere 335 milliarder kroner i jernbanenettet

The work on the German part of the road and railway facilities that will lead to the Fehmarn Belt Tunnel is already significantly delayed compared to the Danish side. Region Zealand now reports that they do not believe that the Femern Sund tunnel will be completed by 2029

Region Zealand doubts the Femern Sound tunnel is ready in 2029

The work on the German part of the road and railway facilities that will lead to the Fehmarn Belt Tunnel is already significantly delayed compared to the Danish side. Region Zealand now reports that they do not believe that the Femern Sund tunnel will be completed by 2029

Region Zealand doubts the Femern Sound tunnel is ready in 2029

A planned new submerged tunnel under the Fehmarn Sound risks becoming a stone in the shoe for the entire Fehmarn project.

Analysis: Deutsche Bahn has a plan B for Fehmarnsound – and that’s actually not so good

Schleswig-Holsteins trafik- og erhvervsminister anbefaler ikke at satse på, at Femernsundtunnellen er klar til 2029.

Claus Ruhe Madsen: – Femernsundtunnel i 2029 virker meget ambitiøst

Stefan Seidler (SSW) is the first member of the German Bundestag from the Danish minority in South Schleswig since 1949. He is not particularly optimistic about whether things will be finished on time on the German side of the Fehmarn Belt.

Member of the Bundestag: Germany probably not ready for Fehmarn opening in 2029

The German railway network is in bad shape. An internal report says that more than 80 billion Euro must be invested in the infrastructure.

German railway network in miserable condition

Puttgarden seen from the air in February 2023. This summer the work on the railway connection across Fehmarn will be put out to tender. Photo: Femern A/S

DB Netz kicks off the Fehmarn railway

The Swedish Snälltåget's luxurious night train between Stockholm and Berlin can look forward to EU support.

EU support for cross-border railway lines

The future Fehmarnsund tunnel consists of four tubes, just like its 'big brother', the Fehmarnbelt tunnel.

German guarantee for Femernsund tunnel on time

Den kommende Femernsund tunnel består af fire rør ligesom 'storebroderen', Femernbælt tunnelen.

Deutsche Bahn skal bygge egen elementfabrik til Femernsund-tunnel

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