Øresund Line Route

Øresund Line Route

Sweden

• Lund Central Station, Lund.
• around Arlöv's former sugar factory – change for the dual tracks' left side traffic (in Sweden north of this location) to right side traffic (Danish standard for such railways).
• Malmö Central Station (at the underground platforms, which also are non terminal platforms)
• Triangeln station, Malmö (an underground railway station).
• Hyllie station, Malmö.
• Lernacken (not a station, but the location where the fixed connection begins, at the Swedish side) – Enter the Øresund Bridge, change of electric voltage.

Denmark

• Peberholm (not a station but an artificial island) – Change of signalling system and traffic control.
• Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup Station (underground railway station), Tårnby. – Metro has a T-junction with the Øresund Railway here
• Tårnby Station (underground railway station), Tårnby.
• Ørestad Station, Copenhagen. – Metro crosses the Øresund Railway
• Copenhagen Central Station
• Nørreport Station (underground railway station), Copenhagen.
• Østerport Station, Copenhagen.
• One trains per hour continue to Nivå, through several tunnels in Copenhagen (the Boulevard Line) and the Coast Line (Denmark) (Kystbanen in Danish)

The Øresundstågs stop at the stations above. A few daily trains to Stockholm stop only at Malmö Central Station, Copenhagen Airport and Copenhagen Central Station (København H). From Lund C to Østerport Station there is an hourly late night service and the trip lasts exactly 60 minutes.

Øresund Line History

The fixed connection across the Øresund, was inaugurated on 1 July 2000. Between the inauguration and December 2010, the tunnel through Malmö was not in operation and a far longer path was used. Trains had to drive in to Malmö Central Station and (after some 20 minutes, the train could depart for Copenhagen, but then had "to reverse" for several minutes (that is, reverse out of Malmö the same way the trains came in), followed by a long detour which orbited most of Malmö, before reaching the new fixed connection.

Malmö South Station was then the last station in Sweden. (But is still in use for local trains and for a few Danish DSB Inter City trains to Ystad, from which car-ferry departure to the Danish Baltic Sea island, Bornholm. (The alternative, car ferries from Danish town Køge to Bornholm takes longer time)

Øresund Line Overview

Øresund Line Owner: Swedish Transport Administration
Banedanmark
Øresund Line Termini:
Malmö Central Station
Copenhagen Central Station
Øresund Line Stations: 7
Øresund Line Type: High-speed railway
Øresund Line System: Danish railways
Swedish railways
Øresund Line Operator(s):
DSB
DSB Øresund
SJ
Skåne commuter rail
Skånetrafiken
DB Cargo
Green Cargo
Øresund Line Rolling Stock:
SJ X2
SJ 2000
X 31K
EG
ET
Øresund Line Opened: 2000
Øresund Line Line Length: 46 km
Øresund Line Track Length: 92 km
Øresund Line Number of Tracks: Double
Øresund Line Character: Passenger and freight
Øresund Line Track Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Øresund Line Electrification: 15 kV  16.7 Hz AC
25 kV 50 Hz AC
Øresund Line Operating Speed: 200 km/h (125 mph)