Greater Copenhagen Light Rail

The 'finger-plan' of Copenhagen. The new light rail will connect most of the 'fingers'.

Currently the rapid transit network of greater Copenhagen consists of a metro system serving the city centre, south-eastern suburbs and one western suburb, and a well-developed S-train network consisting of radial lines and one inner ring line relatively close to the city centre. Further from the city centre, transport between the radials consists of bus lines. Since the suburbs along the radials are expected to grow, a better quality public transport solution between them will be needed.[2] Furthermore, some high passenger volume destinations such as the Technical University and two hospitals are not yet directly accessible through rapid transit.

Trains will depart every 5 minutes from both terminals[2] The trip between the terminals will be completed in 55 minutes.[4]

In total the line will have 29 stations, six of which will have a connection to the S-train network.[2]

Station	Travelling time (estimated)
Lundtofte	0
Rævehøjvej	1
Anker Engelunds Vej	3
Akademivej	5
Fortunbyen	7
Lyngby Centrum (Nærum Line)	10
Lyngby station	11
Gammelmosevej	15
Buddinge station	17
Gladsaxe Rådhus (Town Hall)	18
Gladsaxevej	20
Gladsaxe Trafikplads	21
Dynamovej	23
Herlev Hospital	25
Herlev Bymidte (Centre)	27
Herlev station	28
Herlev Syd (South)	30
Rødovre Nord (North)	31
Glostrup Ejby	33
Glostrup Nord (North)	36
Glostrup Hospital	38
Glostrup station	43
Kirkebjerg	46
Brøndbyvester	48
Delta Park	51
Vallensbæk station	52
Strandhaven	54
Ishøj Strand (Beach)	55
Ishøj station	58

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The line will be owned through the Ringby-Light rail cooperation by the Ministry of Transport, Capital Region of Denmark and the municipalities of Lyngby-Taarbæk, Gladsaxe, Herlev, Albertslund (no station;in Glostrup, bordering Albertslund), Rødovre, Glostrup, Brøndby, Hvidovre (no station), Vallensbæk, Ishøj and Høje-Taastrup (no station). The Danish state will contribute 40% to the construction, the municipalities 34% and the Capital Region of Denmark will contribute 26%.[2]

Several expansion stages are proposed, including a branch from Park Allé via Brøndby Stadium and Brøndby Strand station to Avedøre Holme. This can also be extended to Copenhagen Airport. Likewise, a northern extension to Kokkedal Station is proposed. This, together with an HH-connection may be a small part of a future ring around the Øresund with rail traffic.

• Transport in Copenhagen

• Project website
• The line in the Copenhagen region rapid transit network (in yellow)
• Planned course of the line