About

In collaboration with the municipal governments of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg, the Danish government has concluded a contract on the expansion of the existing Metro through the addition of a city circle line (Cityringen). Learn more about the new Metro project here...

Timeline

Cityringen won’t open until 2018 – but the work, including geotechnical surveys and archeological excavation, is already in full swing, as shown in the timeline above.

New stations

Metroselskabet’s architects are already working on designing the seventeen new Cityringen stations.

Neighbours

Building a new circle line in the middle of a large city is not without challenges. Everyone using the city will be affected in some way.

Contact

Contact Cityringen’s developer - Metroselskabet – if you have questions about the project:

About

Cityringen is a completely new Metro line constructed according to the same principles as the existing Copenhagen Metro net. The Cityringen circle line will be a 15 km underground railway under the downtown Copenhagen, the "bridge quarters" and Frederiksberg. Cityringen will have seventeen underground stations.

Two tunnels will be constructed, each approximately 15.5 km long, as well as a branch to a new Control and Maintenance Centre (CMC). The actual construction of Cityringen will begin in 2010. By that time, archeologists from The Museum of Copenhagen will have completed what the museum terms “the largest Northern European archeological excavation to date”. At the same time, a number of changes to the city’s utility grid will be implemented.

Facts about Cityringen

• Cityringen will take the form of an approximately 15.5 km long underground railway.
• Cityringen will have frequent departures and operate without a defined timetable – something which we are already familiar with thanks to the Metro.
• The average travelling speed through the city will be 40 km/h, stops at stations included.
• It will take approximately twenty-four minutes to travel all the way around the circle line. But when trains are running in both directions, the longest single trip will take approx.  fourteen minutes.

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Timeline

Changes in the city’s utlity grid will be the first and most visible signs that Cityringen is becoming a reality. Supply lines for water, electricity, gas, district heating and telephone service will be affected. To make room for the actual construction of Cityringen, around one billion Danish kroner’s worth of utility grid supply line reroutings must be made.

The actual work of constructing tunnels and stations will begin once the grid has been modified to accommodate Cityringen.

The last phase will be the refurbishment of the areas around the new stations. Station areas, road surfacings and fittings such as signs and lighting will be reestablished.

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New stations

The next generation of Metro stations is being created to complement Cityringen, the Copenhagen Metro’s new  circle line. Cityringen’s stations will follow the now-familiar Copenhagen model. But there’s room for improvement and development in even the best thought-out and most popular design paradigm. The fundamental qualities of the present Metro - the experience of being in a safe, light, airy, well-organised space – will be carried over into the new stations.

The design of the Metro fittings in the station area is also being taken in new directions. The diversity of the urban spaces into which Cityringen’s stations will be integrated must be respected and taken into account. These local variations will affect the design of such elements as stairways and skylights.

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Neighbours

The immediate neighbours to the Metro construction sites will be most affected. They’ll be living with periodic noise, dust and a changed streetscape. Metroselskabet contacts all neighbours to a coming building site well in advance to inform them about what they can expect. Everyone in the neighbourhood around the building site is invited to meetings at which the construction plans and their consequences are explained. This gives neighbourhood residents an opportunity to get answers to their questions about the project.

The immediate neighbours to the building site are contacted individually well before construction is begun. This is done through the local housing association. At a meeting, Metroselskabet informs all members of the housing association what kind of work will be carried out at the construction site and what kinds of inconvenience (noise, dust, etc.) they can expect to experience. Naturally, all residents have an opportunity to ask questions. 

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Contact

Metroselskabet I/S
Metrovej 5
2300 Copenhagen S
Telephone: + 45 3311 1700
Fax: + 45 3311 23 01
E-mail: m@m.dk

Opening hours:

• Monday – Thursday: 8 am - 4:30 pm
• Friday: 8 am – 4 pm

Press contact

Members of the press can find more information on how to contact Metroselskabet here.