Presentation of the city circle line, Cityringen
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). Cityringen will be completed by 2018. You can follow the entire planning and construction process from the very beginning until completion in 2018 at m.dk/cityringen.
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.
Once Cityringens two new lines, M3 and M4, are in service, passengers will be able to transfer to the existing Metro at the Kongens Nytorv and Frederiksberg stations.
Construction from 2010
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.
One capital city, one transportation system
Once Cityringens two new lines, M3 and M4, are in service, passengers will be able to transfer to the existing Metro at the Kongens Nytorv and Frederiksberg stations. It will also be possible to transfer to the regional rail network and the S-train at København H, Østerport, and Nørrebro stations. Cityringen will reduce travel times dramatically. To take just a few examples, travel from Nørrebro Runddel to Enghave Plads will take seven minutes; from Nørrebro station to Trianglen, six minutes; and from Poul Henningsens Plads to Rådhuspladsen, eight minutes.
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.
- Map of Cityringen here.