With the new fixed conncection line under the Fehmarnbelt, train passengers can look forward to a journey between Rødby and Puttgarden in just seven minutes and a much stronger rail connection between Scandinavia and the Southern Europe.
Project description
The Fehmarnbelt tunnel will be a connection between Rødby and Puttgarden, consisting of an immersed tunnel that includes a two-lane highway in both directions and two electrified railway tracks.
The tunnel will be 18 km long and located 30-40 meters below the sea surface. This will enable travel from Denmark to Germany in 10 minutes by car and 7 minutes by train.
The tunnel will be the longest of its kind in the world, being more than three times longer than the world’s current longest immersed tunnel and five times as long as the Øresund immersed tunnel.
As the railway engineering technical advisor for Femern A/S, SYSTRA advises on:
- Preparation of basic design of railway works
- Preparation of tender documents and execution of tender processes
- Review of detailed design and supervision of railway construction work
- Testing and commissioning processes
- Defining and managing technical interfaces
To manage the interfaces with the German part of the railway and regulatory processess in Germany, SYSTRA invovles the German companies GAUFF and IFB as sub-consultants on the project.
The project is expected to take approximately 8.5 years, starting in January 2020.
