Specifications - Great Belt Fixed Link Rail and Road Project, Denmark

System
Operator	Oresundkonsortiet
Date opened	1997/98
Route length	16km (10 miles)
Number of stations	None
Number of rail passengers/day	30,000 rail passengers
Maximum line speed	Passenger 200km/h (125mph), freight 120km/h (80mph)
Gauge	1,435mm
Extensions planned	None
Electrification
Voltage	1,500V
Current	dc overhead
Rolling Stock
Vehicles	Mostly DSB-owned EMUs
Capacity	7 passengers/m²
Special Characteristics
Vital permanent link between the two biggest Scandinavian economies
Serves area with population of 3.5 million
Link has taken nine years to complete
7.5 million m³ of material dredged from Oresund seabed for bridge piers and tunnel
Western and eastern approach bridges have 49 spans
Height of bridge deck from water level is 55m, one of highest in the world
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