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title: "Aarhus light rail – Denmark"
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  - Urban mobilities
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  - Urban transit
  - Light rail
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  - Design
  - Project Management and Construction
  - Testing and commissioning
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# Aarhus light rail – Denmark

![Aarhus light rail – Denmark](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/tram-in-aarhus-denmark.jpg)

**The Arhus light rail (Aarhus Letbane) is a light rail system located in Aarhus, the second most populated city in Denmark.**

The first line was opened at the end of 2017 and the network continued to expand
thereafter. Thus, the intercity Odder – Lisbjergskolen section opened in 2018
while the extension of the first line in the form of an intercity section
towards Grenå opened in 2019. Other lines are being planned.

The fleet comprises both trams and tram-trains which can accelerate up to
100km/h outside the city.

### A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERTISES

As subcontractor to our local partner COWI, SYSTRA signed a contract in October
2010 to act as technical consultant to deliver studies and construction
supervision for both lines. The project started with preliminary studies and the
writing of technical specifications for subsystems (power supply, track,
signalling, telecommunications studies, and maintenance installation, among
others).

From September 2014 until December 2017, during the construction phase, SYSTRA
teams worked alongside the client Aarhus Letbane\* to perform the detailed
design review, construction supervision and testing and commissioning of the
transport system.

### THE TRAMWAY RETURNS TO DENMARK WITH SYSTRA

The new network, built 45 years after the closure of the last tramway in the
country, eases daily transport, with between 12 and 16 million passengers
expected annually, or around 50,000 passengers per day. If the Nordic countries
like tramways (Oslo, Stockholm, or Helsinki in particular), that of Aarhus is
the first new network to be put into service in the 21st century.

\*Aarhus Letbane is owned 50% by the city and 50% by the Danish state and is
responsible for building, operating, and maintaining the tram network.

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