Undersea Rail-Road tunnel between Denmark and Germany: Fehmarn link Explained

[@thomasgunther]

I think the travel times (45min by ferry, 7min by train or car in the tunnel) are misleading. It takes 45 minutes once the ferry starts moving until it reaches the terminal on the other side. To ignore the waiting time before and after boarding seems not right. I travel this route fairly regularly and my estimate is that it takes at least twice the 45 minutes to cross the Fehmarn Belt currently.

[@akyhne]

I had the same thought, although I've never taken the trip.

[@raphaelg.7574]

Me too, just took it last Sunday and we had to wait at least 30min on each side. Boarding and leaving the ferry took also some more time. But i find it funny how heavy the ferry is lobbying against the tunnel for "environmental" reasons. Like their ferries operate on fairy dust.

[@counterfit5]

@@raphaelg.7574 Ferries get replaced by bridges and tunnels. This isn't new, and ferry companies fighting it is like an ant trying not to get stepped on

[@ncard00]

It’s 7 min by train, 10 by car through the tunnel.

[@rzan1700]

If that is so, I need a correct answer for the estimated time to take a train via the Fehrman tunnel

[@anderslarsen6009]

Some major project related this project is also worth mentioning. Germany will apart from the new Fehmarnsund Tunnel also build a 200 km/h railway from Lübeck to Fehmarnsund. Also the railway from Lübeck to Hamburg willl be upgraded with the S-Bahn extended for much of the route, thus relieving traffic on the main line. In Denmark the railway line from Rødby to Vordingborg will be double tracked and the entire line from Rødby to Ringsted will get electrification and upgraded to 200 km/h. This will include the replacement of the Storstrøm bridge with a new 3,8 kilometer cable stayed bridge with 2 railway tracks and road lanes.

[@KnightOfKnights]

Indeed a new line will be built. I heard they will be removing the old single track line entirely, which would be a negative impact for some towns connected. The S-Bahn will only have separate tracks to Ahrensburg and will use the mainline tracks to up to Bad Oldesloe. They already have hybrid S-Bahn trains for both a third rail and overhead lines for the S3 to Stade. I'm curious how things will be working out in the end, considering there is basically minimal infractructure on the German side as of now - can't imagine that will be upgraded any time soon.

[@anderslarsen6009]

@@KnightOfKnights Many of the coastal towns will get a out of town station on the new line so they wont be excluded from the rail net but it won´t be the same service as today, but yes the few will be sacrificed for the many. But the alternative would have been 3-4 freight trains through the town each hour. But looking at a map it doesn´t look that bad. Bad Swartau - No changes Ratekau - No changes here but it will also now serve Timmersdorfer Strand by bus Timmersdorfer Strand - Placed on the old line so it will close Scharbeutz - New station on the new line just outside town Haffkrug - New station on the new line, but just a few 100 meters next to the old station so hardly any changes here. Sierksdorf - old line will be kept here for what i think is bi hourly services. Neustad (Holstein) - same as above, terminus for this regionalbahn service Lensahn - A new station on the new line just a few 100 meters south of the old station Oldenburg (Holstein) - a new station will be located a fair bit out of town Grossenbrode/Heiligenhafen - also a new station replacen Grosenbrode and is located halfway between these 2 towns Fehmarn Burg - no changes here The only change for the local passengers on the danish side will be that the station at the ferry port in Rødbyhavn will be replaced with a out of town station a few kilometers northeast from Rødby instead.

[@hobbit_3viertel]

@@anderslarsen6009 The alternative would be to build the new track for long-distance (including fast regional trains to Oldenburg an Fehmarn) and freight trains while maintaining the old track for regional trains from the coastal towns to Lübeck. It is basically a problem in the calculating method ("Standardisierte Bewertung") that are applied to such projects here that made it seem inevitable to cut off the old line in order to have enough customers for the new mainland connection. The method is undergoing remodeling at the moment so I hope that it is not over yet.

[@peldar_]

Yes but Germans are really slow to build new lines so i wouldn't rely on that...

[@anderslarsen6009]

@@peldar_ Then they have a huge 8 billion euro tunnel that they can't use. :-) The new line is planned for an 2027 opening so they have a 2 year buffer. :-)

[@sammyjwz1701]

The fact you call the tunnel segments lego bricks while Denmark is involved hahah

[@simonferrari-xe8id]

For the swedes, I hope the Fehmarn link will make german beer cheaper!

[@RoatanMediaSolutions]

All depending on how much it will cost to use the tunnel. ;-)

[@lassepeterson2740]

Pripps Blaa

[@dasmaurerle4347]

Haha, good one! Although I'm pretty sure the high cost for German beer in Sweden is not based on high costs of transportation but a 2,5 million% tax on alcohol 😜

[@janfswedane]

By then the adjacent countries have built a wall around SE

[@GrrMeister]

*No Chance €10.99 a Litre !*

[@Nils_Ki]

I find it refreshing to get a presentation of the project from a railway based perspective, that includes rail freight in particular. What I always mention when talking to the German opponents to the project (and they are many, or at least very passionate) is the perspective to get more cargo away from streets and ships and put it on trains! Hopefully the railway infrastructure on the German side will be upgraded sufficiently and within scedule. Unfortunately so far I don't see that happening.

[@fazeobama8872]

nooo ze trucks are wayy betta for ze cargo we only has to make road betta

[@Ensign_Cthulhu]

You can electrify trains with nuclear power and not have to burn petrochemical energy for the transport. Save the fossil fuels for other applications.

[@Nils_Ki]

@@Ensign_Cthulhu Transit freight trains between Germany and Sweden through Denmark are already fully electrified. But now they use the longer route via the Storebælt connection.

[@patrickpirzer4080]

According to the eco-organization NABU the railway tunnel is a hoax to distract attention from a new highway which will be built on the Eastern Sea coast.

[@k7u5r8t4]

@@Ensign_Cthulhu Already now close to 3/4 of ALL electericity used in Danmark is from wind alone. All the main railway lines in Danmark are ALREADY electrified NOW in 2024. With new planned off-shore windparks a lot of alternative "heavy Fuels" ( power to x etc ) will be produced for plains, ships, trucks etc. When the Tunnel opens in 2029 a lot of this will be in place. As of during the construction itself, they get their electricity from nearby already build off-shore windparks. For producing concrete etc. Obviously most of their heavy trucks etc "have to" use oldfashioned heavy fuels, until this new reality evolves. Things do not magically change overnight. But we are slowly "getting there"!

[@mattiasthorslund6467]

The underwater tunnel part of the Öresund link was built in much the same way as what's planned for the Fehmern tunnel. The technique with the tunnel segments which are floated to their location and then connected was somewhat new back then, and the success in Öresund is said to be the reason that engineers were confident it is feasible for Fehmern Belt as well.

[@Norup928]

Øresund

[@Chelgrian]

I think (and I hope) that I can say this 
on behalf of all the inhabitants on the Scandinavian peninsula, Swedes, Norwegians and Finns alike. 
A deep appreciation and a most sincere thank you to the Danish and German authorities approving this project. And a ”you bow to no one” to Denmark for being the big player in this endeavour. 
What better neighbours could one have? 
Also a big, big thank you to all the entrepreneurs, specialists and skilled workers involved in building this link in the Scandinavian/European infrastructure. 
What you construct right now is of uttermost importance for goods and people to move more efficiently in this region. 
Connections, and thereby cultural exchange and business can never, ever cause any harm!

[@arne.munther]

BaneDanmark (The Danish Network Rail) has been working on the upgrade of the railroad between Ringsted and Rødby Havn as part of the land connection toward Fermarn for quite a few years now. They startede on it, way back in 2014, upgrading 52 bridges on the line.

[@Quasihamster]

Q: How to connect like a dozen islands but leave one out? A: Leave the connection of one island in German responsibility.

[@BradHouser]

My wife-to-be and I took the ferry back and forth in 1984. I did not realize how short the distance was then. We rode a German Ferry and a Danish Ferry. They were both nice.

[@tobiwan001]

I think you are underestimating the work in the hinterland. Germany upgrades 30 km of track from 160 km/h to 200 km/h and builds a completely new double tracked 200 km/h line for 60km. So in total the 90 km between Lübeck and Puttgarden are new or upgraded to double tracked and electrified to 200 km/h. Also Germany builds a new immersed 4-lane car and railway tunnel between the mainland and Fehmarn to replace the bridge. That's only a 2km immersed tunnel but will still cost 700 mil Euros. In total this all costs several billion as well. Btw, the project has cleared the last legal hurdles and is under construction. Travel times from Hamburg to Copenhagen will be less than 2 1/2 hours and travel times from Fehmarn to Lolland will be down to 7-10min.

[@stoissdk]

0:57 The 6.79 km would be the East bridge. The combined length including the West bridge, is around 18 km.

[@hobog]

8:43 this is the specialty of this channel, institutional+financial project management ♥️

[@Notthecobracommander]

Europe goes together with bridges and tunnels like Japan does with highspeed rail and island airports. It's proof you need to adjust to your specific environment and utilize whatever is available. Well done to these governments for working together to benefit their people.

[@baul997]

Yeah Japan and underground tunnels doesn't sound like a good combination considering the usual catastrophes in that region

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

As a common traveller to Sweden, the first immersed part of this connection is like the coming tunnel to Germany, and I do hope to be able to drive through the new tunnel, as soon to be 74? I have moved from south Zealand to Cph. so, I'm not a common visitor to Lolland anymore and only lately passed Vordingborg to look at the newly built pillar for the Storstrømsbro, which was intended to be floated in place a few days later, as the basis for the new bridge to come. The old bridge from 1937 is intended to be blown up when the new one has been erected. And when driving to Germany I always use the "Storebælt bridge" after it's built, as it is possible to be used at all times and with no more waiting for hours, for a ferry + sailing time, as in "The Good Old Days" (I have passed in a storm, and just before the ferries was cancelled (Well bridges may also be closed during a storm!)). Only people using a ferry once or twice a year may consider a ferry a better solution, like the ferries on top, actually pollute more than all the cars inside.😀

[@ChokyoDK]

Trips to Germany will be so much easier when this is done. I can't wait

[@Kvadraten376]

Not often mentioned is the fact that the Storebælt rail link is also a combined bridge and tunnel but Øresund always gets the attention

[@martinrotvig]

Because about half of it isn’t.

[@Kvadraten376]

@@martinrotvig As I said, the *rail* link is in fact a combined bridge and tunnel in Storebælt. Please research and read thoroughly before you correct next time

[@danielrose1392]

I find this link even more strange. It starts with a combined rail and road bridge, then to split into a road bridge and a rail tunnel.

[@Kvadraten376]

@@danielrose1392 part of it needed to be high/wide/deep enough so container ships could pass. Constructing a suspension bridge is more expensive - especially if it has to hold the weight of a train. So one half of the link was built like a standard combined bridge in the shallow waters linking up with an existing small island and the other half as a suspension+tunnel allowing large ships to pass.

[@braianlugo33]

Congrats on your channel. I appreciate the thoroughness of your research and explanation. Best

[@RailwaysExplained]

Thank you 😊

[@bzdtemp]

when comparing travel times on road/track with the ferries it is misleading to only consider the actual travel time. Simply put it takes time to load and unload ferries and there is also a likely wait time, since there is of course a limited number of crossing. As a result the time spend on the ferry crossing is more like 1 at best and at worst about 2 hours (and during the night possibly significantly longer), it however must also be remembered that for long drives some rest time is likely needed so resting on the ferry may offset that need some.

[@akyhne]

Someone mentioned the Femern travel time was twice as long, because of this. 45 minutes to load/unload, and 45 for the crossing.

[@OmmerSyssel]

@@akyhne seems like a fair assumption.

[@portugueseeagle8851]

Could you one day talk about the high speed line being constructed between Évora and Elvas in Portugal? I know it isn't a mega project per se, but it is part of the bigger European rail network the EU is trying to accomplish and it will cut the travel time between Lisbon and Madrid from 8 to 5 hours. And also about the planned HS line between Lisbon and Porto, and then Porto-Vigo (although we are yet to have much info about that...)

[@mulsenhfk]

Há um português aqui, CARALHO

[@portugueseeagle8851]

@@mulsenhfk Portugal caralho no coração ;')

[@IamTheHolypumpkin]

I'm so excited about every high speed rail project in the Iberian Peninsula. Spain (and hopefully Portugal very soon too) are going all out on HSR for decades now. For a very long time I intend to take the sleeper train to Barcelona and from their take a HSR trip through Spain.

[@portugueseeagle8851]

@@IamTheHolypumpkin I hope in a decade or so there will be highspeed sleeper trains, where in 24 hours you can cross half of Europe or something. Because air travel will start to get very expensive and HS sleeper trains, if they got cheap, would be a very good alternative!

[@robertop7602]

Un plauso al genio umano ed ai politici Europei. Un'opera semplicemente eccezionale. Complimenti ai tecnici che realizzeranno quest'opera importante per i collegamenti Europei.

[@jh5kl]

😃 if you like the Human cooperation spirit in this European project, then check even more significant railway projects in Europe like rail baltica and the mediterranean corridor, rail baltica will make an extraordinary high speed connection to all the Historically isolated and vulnerable baltic countries in the north, and the mediterranean corredor will go from Spain to Hungary, passing through nearly half the EU population and a really significant portion of its gdp

[@EdgyNumber1]

Wow! Palermo to Helsinki by train(s) good network! 👍

[@bagamax]

I'd like to take some extra slow sleeper wagon on this route.

[@daanwillemsen223]

Nice vid! Are you willing to do a video about Rail Baltica? I think RB is the most interesting rail project in Europe today

[@RailwaysExplained]

Yes, we plan to do it.

[@daanwillemsen223]

@@RailwaysExplained Great! Greetings from the Netherlands!

[@AB-zl4nh]

@@RailwaysExplained Question. Denmark & Germany are in the EU Single Market & Customs Union. So why the need for a 'custom area'? Or I have misunderstood something?

[@jh5kl]

@@AB-zl4nh you re missing the Union word in Customs Union that you wrote yourself

[@JanBruunAndersen]

@@AB-zl4nh - the police and border controls can and will occasionally stop travellers for checking. There could be on suspicions of illegal smuggling, or for disease control if live animals are being transported.

[@petrofilmeurope]

Excellent video, well explained. The Danes and the Swedes and Germans are Visionary people, always were. The same cannot be said about Norway. Which reluctantly is holding on to mainland Europe with an outdated, slim road and rail. I am amazed of the willingness to cooperate and join forces. And I am getting the feeling of a Nation wanting to stay away and remain hidden, as Norway is, behind all its babble of wealth, oil and prosperity. It's shameful to be Norwegian in Todays Europe. Thank you from Oslo.

[@qjtvaddict]

At least you aren’t USA

[@martyminus90]

Agree! Also from Oslo!

[@Kvadraten376]

Norwegian rail has been wildly successful compared to Danish in the last couple of years. Much of Danish rail hasn’t been electrified, lowest rate in Western Europe

[@martinrotvig]

@@Kvadraten376 nope not true, most is electrified already, have been for decades, the rest is being updated right now.

[@Zeder95]

But Norway has amazing and impressive road builds, bridges, tunnels etc. too. I'm german and when we travelled to Norway by camper van we were really impressed by the amazing bridges, tunnels, fjord and mountain roads that must have taken an enormous effort to build right over or through tall mountains. Especially the Lærdal tunnel, which is the longest road tunnel in the world (24 km long) and which we also drove through was really impressive. And having the longest road tunnel in the world is surely something Norway can be proud of.

[@martinjuulandersen9694]

Storebælt bridge has a combined length of 17 km. The length you mentioned is the length of suspension bridge alone (East bridge) There is no rail on that bridge. The raillink is via tunnel.

[@southenglish1]

Rail transportation is efficient, effective, reliable and very cost effective. Don't give me more auto lanes, give me more rail!

[@commonsense31]

As A Dane. Thank you for explaining the project to me :D

[@Tiger1x1]

I was waiting for this. I see the live feed of the project..

[@Carewolf]

The project was delayed for almost a half decade even before the ferry lines sued. The Øresund bridge was complete in that time frame.

[@Karasaph]

10:53 Yeah, Project 28 shows how much faith is put into german projects. Because Germany doesn't manage to make 4 rails out of 2, they put the traffic through Strasbourg and outside of germany. This project (from Amsterdam to Italy) was started 60 years ago and it still isn't finished.

[@jermainetrainallen6416]

Thanks for the great informative video as usual. It will be interesting to see how the project develops over time. It really is a huge undertaking. Keep it up👍😊

[@kristoffergrandjean6641]

Hey. It's cool that you did a video on this. Glad to see your thoughts on it, you did a good job. I must however already correct you within the first minute, the Great Belt Link is in fact in total around 17km long, the 6,79 is the span of the suspension bridge. You're excused by trying good to pronounce the Danish names, it's going pretty good :) Otherwise you did pretty well for an outsider doing a report on this. A few points not mentioned in the video, is that this connection idea is really old. During the second world war, the occupied Denmark constructed the earth works and bridges for the "autobahn" on lolland, and the modern motorway goes under these German styled bridges, and all Danes going through here notice that the motorways "finish" seems off for Danish standards, as the sections are straight and unconventional to what Danish motorway standards became. After the war the route known as the "birds-line" (Fugleflugtslinjen, DK, Vogelfluglinie, DE) was finished, the conceptual idea spanning back to 1863, but it was in 1955 that Denmark and Germany agreed on what is the existing connection today. Motorway and railway lines to the harbours with frequent ferry service. Beside the capacity argument on the line, there's also a speed argument for rails. As with the rail connection across the islands completed, it's been faster to transfer inter-scandinavian rail freight across Fyn and Jutland, instead of going to the ferry. And today even passenger rails choose this route, as even with speed limits of 180/160/140km/h along this route, it still offers a 17 minute faster connection from Copenhagen to Hamburg(Danish wiki). I'm personally glad to have been able to take the train to Hamburg going onboard the ferry with the ICE TD, the tilting shorter diesel version of the German ICE 3 generation, that seems to be the only train capable of travelling faster between Copenhagen-Hamburg using the ferry. It was however retired, as it's maintenance was very high, and whilst Danish DSB had rented them for this route, they didn't want to be burdened by the high maintenance cost when DB retired the trains (they did offer them directly to DSB, probably at a fair price, but DBS has been highly burdened by high maintenance DMU for the last 20 years as is, so i totally get the decline).

[@GeisemoOUTATIME]

@SCS Software you know what to do please?

[@Arltratlo]

been to Öresund bridge in the year it opened... passing over the Great Belt bridge on my way, that is a piece of beauty! while passing the Öresund bridge by driving to island in the middle of the sea..interesting at least...and city of Malmö is a reason to use them...

[@Norup928]

Øresund

[@ncard00]

Expected train travel times will be 2.5 hours, not 3 hours, and 2.5 hours is still very slow for 200km/h trains with S-acceleration, on an only 320km route, shouldn’t take more than 1:45 hour and minutes at most.

[@jontysherson]

Can you talk about the North Island main trunk rail line in New Zealand

[@raziellealsola2680]

what happened to the episode about the Dutch railway system?

[@frank-s4q6u]

So, the Danes pay for it all (except the German land installations) and takes all the revenue I suppose, for the next 100 years...

[@vrenak]

Yes, the risks and the rewards.

[@GustavSvard]

Which isn't really completely fair. As a Swede I think we could have stepped up too, maybe gone in for like 5-10 % at least?

[@martinrotvig]

Not the next hundred years, until it needs to be replaced. Germany didn’t want to pay for half, they get what they pay for, nothing.

[@JanBruunAndersen]

Well, we are a nation of merchants. We know how to spot a good deal 😉

[@frank-s4q6u]

@@martinrotvig well Germans used to be good merchents, suppose it died with the local protets against the bridge...

[@jimkats1]

Great presentation of the project. Thanks for the video.

[@DanielsUKT]

Faster road and rail connections between scandivania and continental Europe are definitely needed so its a good thing this project is going through. Also I did not know that half of Denmark was seperate Islands that needed to be connected via bridge

[@bagamax]

Great project!

[@usmale4915]

I'm so glad I came across your channel. Very educational, interesting and entertaining. The graphics used are excellent and I also appreciate the "geography lesson"! Very well done. You have a new subscriber. Thank you for sharing!

[@nihongobenkyoshimasu3190]

This tunnel would be about half the length of the English Channel tunnel. It would be interesting to comparte the two approaches of those two tunnels. What cost difference would be each approach, in particular the ventilation needed for a 18 kilometers of roads for cars and trucks compare to using electrical trains to carry cars and trucks.

[@zopEnglandzip]

Very different techniques, I like your idea for a comparison it would be interesting.

[@RailwaysExplained]

We made a video about channel tunnel and its effects. You can check it out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5rbhp9slpuFfKc

[@JanBruunAndersen]

As time goes by and more and more cars and trucks become electric, the need for ventilation will be greatly reduced.

[@Skate771parts]

Good video 👍🏽 One thing I think you forgot to mention was a huge new 4km car and rail bridge being built in extension of the new fehmarn tunnel. The bridge is replacing the old storstrom bridge.

[@eloc1600]

Nice video keep up the great work btw can you guys make a video about the alsthom nez cassé

[@pearcomputers2542]

It seems to me that in this video the left audio channel is louder than the right. Unfortunately, this sounds a bit strange to me.

[@mikkolukas]

0:45 Jutland also includes the upper part, not marked.

[@peteasmr2952]

So how long with this new system would a train ride from Oslo to Hamburg take?

[@kaksikymmenta3]

I really wish there was railroad bridge between Turku and Mariehamn and a tunnel from Åland to Sweden.

[@MrTimodon]

And then the tunnel to Finland too with some bridges as well!

[@fernandovargas7562]

Cool info…

[@lohphat]

My first trip to Denmark and Germany in 1985 was a slow going affair. It took a long time to get across Denmark on ferries and the lack of high speed rail in Germany made the Hamburg-Munich trip over 8 hours.

[@itryen7632]

Man... I'm gonna miss the ICE ferry.

[@jesperjarlbk3091]

The Great Belt bridge is in total 18km, not the 6,79 km that you state.

[@janwesten1317]

I hope Germany has finished their part of the job when the tunnel is finished. I take almost daily the A42, but that looks like a 20 year project.

[@automation7295]

I don't understand why people keep assuming that big project will take forever? If such big projects was in the US, then I can understand as projects tend to take much longer in the US. Construction of Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link started earlier in 2021 and planned to open around 2028-2029.

[@qjtvaddict]

At least you are not USA lol

[@Genius_at_Work]

@@automation7295 Because that's what German Infrastucture Projects do, especially Rail Infrastucture. E.g. is the Karlsruhe-Basel Rail Line undergoung Upgrades to four Tracks since the 1980s and it won't be completed before 2050. That's a dumbfunding 70 Years to add two Tracks to about 200 km of already existing Rail Line. Another Example is the Brenner Base Tunnel in Austria and Italy, which is nearing Completion but Construction on the Rail Lines going to it in Germany hasn't even started yet after over 20 Years of Planning. The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel is heading in the exact same Direction, but at least it also includes a Highway so there's a lot more Political Will behind it to get Things done than there is for Rail only Projects.

[@automation7295]

​@@Genius_at_Work But still, even if Karlsruhe-Basel Rail Line extension it won't be completed before 2050, doesn't mean all big construction projects will take same amount of years. Also not everything can always go to plan. Big project always takes years to finish, it's not like big projects gets completed in 20 days. Also big projects do tend to get delayed due to complaint or bad weather like flooding. People seem to forget that flooding can happen. Plus flooding is common in central Europe.

[@davidcox8961]

I saw Jimi Hendrix perform at a concert on Fehmarn in 69-70.

[@nooneswaggalikeus]

Maybe Springsteen should come to Femern/Fehmarn soon, and play Tunnel of Love !

[@davidcox8961]

@@nooneswaggalikeus Ha ha.. that would go over well.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

Great video. I believe that there was originally a dispute between Denmark and Germany about where to build this connection as it was between this and a connection between Gedser and Rostock. It's been a while and I don't remember all the details but there it is.

[@danielrose1392]

The Fehmarn belt is the obvious solution when you calculate travel times from Hamburg. When calculating travel times from Berlin or eastern Europe, you save about 200km compared to the Fehmarn route.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

@@danielrose1392 Hamburg, yes, but Gedser-Rostock would be better for Berlin and Eastern Europe, right?

[@runeodin7237]

@@weepingscorpion8739 Gedser-Rostock is more than twice the distance of Rødby-Puttgarten, so the latter is the obvious route for a fixed link. Trains towards Berlin could avoid driving all the way into Hamburg by driving south from Lübeck to the Hamburg-Berlin mainline,

[@tommylaq]

Does anyone know which train type that will run on this? Many of the animations contains ICE3 trains (which I would absolutely love), but I doubt they are going to use them...?

[@ITubeTooInc]

0:57 Your graphics and facts about the Great Belt Fixed Link is wrong. The Great Belt Fixed Link consists of a road suspension bridge and a railway tunnel between Zealand and the small island Sprogø in the middle of the Great Belt, and a box-girder bridge for both road and rail traffic between Sprogø and Funen. The total length is 18 kilometres (11 mi). Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Belt_Fixed_Link The 6,790 m strech you show is only for the East Bridge (the road suspension bridge between the tiny island Sprogø and Zealand). But that's only about half the stretch of the fixed link. The West Bridge is between Funen and Sprogø is an additional 6,611 metres long.

[@cathaypacific2118]

School teachers should learn from you how to teach in classes👏👏 Bravo RE

[@SverreMunthe]

But it will not connect Gothenburg and Oslo? Or any other cities in Sweden and Norway?

[@mikkolukas]

1:04 railroad combined bridge AND tunnel 2:18 only the western part of the Great Belt Connection is combined with railway.

[@arnomrnym6329]

Thx 👍🏾😎

[@friedmule5403]

Very interesting and well-made!! Do you know, if it has been calculated, how much less air there will be in the water when the ships no longer sails back and forth, several times every day?

[@OmmerSyssel]

Any calculations of the amount of air in your head, depending on daily activities?

[@friedmule5403]

@@OmmerSyssel No I think they gave up. :-) Why the comment?

[@rezaalan3991]

I hope in the future when this tunnel is operated, Snälltåget will be through via this route.

[@roadrunner6224]

Wait until the danish find out, that the new high speed tunnel will connect to an old unelectrified single track on the german site, because the german government will fail to upgrade the track to Hamburg.

[@michaausleipzig]

Only it won't. It will connect to a new high speed line including a new tunnel between Fehmarn and the german mainland similar to its larger brother. We'll be done with that once the tunnel is complete.

[@roadrunner6224]

@@michaausleipzig haha, the same way the german connections to the Dutch, Austrian and Swiss projects were or will be done on time?

[@michaausleipzig]

@@roadrunner6224 yeah ... whatever. Take your negativity elsewhere...

[@roadrunner6224]

@@michaausleipzig go cry me a river, everyone knows that you have to add 10 years to any large public project in Germany

[@quadon2620]

As a German from thr area, I can confirm. Can't see them finishing those rails any time soon. Especially when there's always new silly environmentalist bs

[@LeeSmith-cf1vo]

Why will the tunnel segments be sealed during delivery, as opposed to letting them flood (or doing it deliberately) and then later pumping them out when all segments have been installed?

[@aphextwin5712]

On reason is that they float while sealed, thus making it easy to transport them to their final location.

[@LeeSmith-cf1vo]

@@aphextwin5712 ahh, of course. Do they then get flooded when lowering into position?

[@aphextwin5712]

@@LeeSmith-cf1vo Not directly, they have (removable) ballast tanks inside them that get flooded. Thus the inside of the tunnel never has to get in contact with the salty sea water (except a small space at the ends of each element which has to get exposed as the elements are fitted together under water). This small space between the steel bulkheads is pumped empty (into the same ballast tanks inside the element) once an element is in place creating a low pressure chamber that sort of sucks the two adjacent elements further together. At the end before the water inside the ballast tanks is removed, a layer of concrete is added onto the floor of the tunnel elements to provide enough weight for the tunnel to not float back to the top once the ballast tanks are emptied and removed. While the top of the tunnel gets a layer of crushed rock to protect it, the final tunnel has to be heavy enough on its own to stay down.

[@arne.munther]

... and you forgot the new Storestrøms Bridge (between Sjælland and Falster).

[@Yora21]

The Fehmarnsund Bridge also needs to be replaced. The current one is completely unsuited to deal with this amount of traffic.

[@k7u5r8t4]

That is also part of the plan!! The bridge will stay ( "Historical Landmark"?!, and for the local traffic ). A new Fehmarn Sund Tunnel will also be ready in 2029, when the Fehmarn Belt Tunnel opens.

[@Abcdde123]

someone can tell what companies are working on this project.

[@admiralprestoncole]

Saying "Final Solution" in a video with Germany is pretty spicy.

[@AG-gy7qq]

Whew, am I the only one who flinched when he said “final solution of the German...”

[@AB-zl4nh]

Question. Denmark & Germany are in the EU Single Market & Customs Union. So why the need for a 'custom area'? Or I have misunderstood something?

[@martinrotvig]

Mainly for postal service packages. Customs on none EU products is checked in the country it’s send too, it’s just easier to move it to the border where most mail will arrive.

[@JanBruunAndersen]

The single market still needs to handle disease control of live animals - and attempts at smuggling.

[@carstenlarsen8144]

great belt link is a bridge in 2 parts- in all 18 km...

[@5hunt3r]

Great video. Still hate this project, which is mainly because we always went to Fehmarn for holidays and I loved taking the ferry to and from denmark.

[@jh5kl]

just go to ferries in their other routes

[@elje0ett]

You pronounced Stockholm so perfectly

[@MrRioono]

hey, i like the video but the audio is really throwing me off, i can't tell exactly but it seems the location of your voiceover is going left, right, up and down randomly.

[@samuelluther2361]

The brenner base tunnel would also be an interesting topic!

[@wildsurfer12]

I find it ironic that a tunnel going to Denmark will fit together like Lego bricks!

[@maxwalker1159]

cool

[@transitclubomg]

trains are the best

[@willhovell9019]

The continent moving forward . Meanwhile Britain stagnates . We can't even link Scotland and England and Wales with a high-speed rail. Even D'piffle Johnson idea of a fixed link between Scotland and Ireland is not as absurd as it first sounds . HS4 should be started from Glasgow via Ayrshire and link with HS3 via Manchester and Liverpool spur. Very unlikely to happen until we have a minority Labour Government supported by the Lib Dems and the Nats; subsequently rejoining the EU . Rail from Dublin to Stockholm , a dream with 3 tunnels one existing , one under construction and one a pipedream until we have an integrated transport infrastructure plan, much needed since the 1950s , and in particular failure to fully electrify rail . Instead the Conservative governments 1951-64 preferred to invest in overseas military follies and colonial suppression.

[@jebbo-c1l]

hopefully it brings Scandinavia closer to continental Europe

[@ПомятыйчеловеК-у7ф]

What was it called, when the railroads in the 1950s couldn't be used for the speeds higher than 200 km/h? It was something connected with the wheels and the track

[@liatapaya]

Mantab Very nice video

[@madsjrgensen5736]

Which train Company Will operate the line?

[@gregsd]

Codeshared DSB DB as is the case now no doubt. Unless some regional services begin using the tunnel, it would be whichever devolved company currently operates to Puttgarden and Rødby.

[@runeodin7237]

I guess there will be some common tunnel company owned by the rail infrastructure companies of DK and DE, letting all transporters that pay use the tunnel (realistically mainly the two state owned railway companies, but there may be some smaller travel companies too, like the swedish Snälltåget, which currently is running night trains Stockholm-Øresund-Hamburg-Berlin)

[@mulsenhfk]

I think that the next video on 'Railway Nations' should be about France… France operates the second longest rail network in Europe, has the fifth most used rail network in the world, and has the TGV.

[@MTobias]

Pretty sure it's third after Russia and Germany.

[@RedRocketthefirst]

No.

[@MTobias]

@@RedRocketthefirst Are you referring to me? If so, yes it is. France has about 10,000 km less railways than Germany.

[@79iGEL]

Full support for the railway part, but why build so much car infrastructure?

[@bioplus5b]

As an "almost" neighbour to Bisca A/S I really doubt they were chosen by our queen Margrethe (9:37) to construct the tunnel. I know that they sometimes make some cement-like cookies but I do not think their dough is as durable as real concrete.

[@Sohampn]

The most surprising part of this video was that Denmark has a queen

[@majy1735]

So what? Didn't know that?

[@vrenak]

In just over 2 months she celebrates 50 years on the throne.

[@mickaelconstantin7467]

And that she looks super cool 😎

[@aphextwin5712]

Northern European countries with relatively stable politics over the last century or two have kept their monarchies. This ranges from the UK over Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway to Sweden. Spain, having kept out of the two world wars has also retained its monarchy.

[@gerdforster883]

@@aphextwin5712 Spain has not "retained" its monarchy. The spanish monarchy is the result of a bloody civil war and decades of fascist dictatorship. They used to be a republic.

[@andrewmartineau5445]

I would be interested to see if an underwater tunnel between Rostock, Germany and Gedser, Denmark is built as well.

[@havedalDK]

Honestly, if the Danish government decides to do another bridge/tunnel project after Fehmern, it would probably be either a new Øresund bridge at the short link near Helsingør and Helsingborg, or it would be a third Small Belt Bridge between the peninsula of Jutland and island of Funen.

[@hgh425]

That will never happen. It isn't feasible. It would be much longer tunnel and has no chance of being paid off.

[@bob_._.]

@@hgh425 How sad that public works must be so infused with capitalism that society will only receive benefit if the work itself makes profit.

[@hgh425]

@@bob_._. you are missing the point. A Gedser Rostock tunnel would at the danish side be only 50km away from Femern, But if you want to pay the 25bn eur it will cost.... The danish tax payers will not

[@bob_._.]

@@hgh425 No, you are missing the point. It doesn't matter what the specific project - I'm talking about all works projects. Let's say a tunnel will cost 10bn and make life better for everyone; so the people pay 10bn from their taxes to build the tunnel. But then they have to pay the government back 10bn (+ interest, no doubt) from their own pockets through tolls to use the tunnel they paid for in the first place. On the balance sheet, the government comes out even but the people are out 20+bn. In the long run it is far less expensive to just build the tunnel and not the tollbooths.

[@meandwhoism]

I hope Amsterdam - Kopenhagen will become a thing by construction of the "Lelylijn" I assume travel time will be about 5,5 hrs (Thank you Sneeuwkat😆)

[@sneeuwkat9219]

Lelylijn *

[@jebbo-c1l]

whats that?

[@veradrost9654]

This would be perfect for me. I'm a Dutch woman with a Danish significant other. My feasible choices of traveling there are either by bus or by plane, and I go at least twice a year. The bus turned out to be a nightmare, so I usually end up going by plane, feeling terrible about my effect on the climate every time. I want to be able to go by train!

[@koene2276]

The lelylijn is a proposed high-speed line in the Netherlands, connecting Amsterdam to Groningen. If the Germans would cooperate and connect it to Hamburg, we would have an ideal connection to Scandinavia through this Fehmarnbelt tunnel.

[@ruhri0411]

@@koene2276 This is a problem that a country that is right in the middle of Europe has. All neighbouring countries want to have good connections. The connection from Munich to Paris is under construction, Berlin-Prague is being planned and now Copenhagen-Hamburg. No other European country has as many neighbours (9) as Germany, even Russia has only 10 and China 13.

[@RedRocketthefirst]

Where is your Dutch video?

[@uriulrich4918]

As a German I can only say please let the Danes handle everything. We just can't do any infrastructure projects.

[@gamerpixels2374]

True, basic small bridge replacement (Dütebrücke, A1 Osnabrück) has already taken 3yrs and not finished yet.

[@martinrotvig]

We aren’t perfect either, the tunnel will be delayed by 2-3 years probably.

[@qjtvaddict]

Good point

[@Carewolf]

@@martinrotvig The Øresund bridge was finished a year ahead of schedule.

[@martinrotvig]

@@Carewolf where the hell did you get that idea from?

[@heidirabenau511]

Railways Explained could you cover the high speed rail line from Serbia to Hungary and onwards to Poland

[@RailwaysExplained]

Will be

[@TheDiveO]

That finally explains where Musk got his submerged Hyperloop idea from. The animations look very similar on some level, such as the floating segments that magically submerge and then stay down, despite actually being buoyantwithout further measures.

[@martinrotvig]

Except this can actually be build and work.

[@odiliusrailfans]

Next Mr.@Railways Explained Explain about the Japan Korea Tunnel & Trans Global Highway which all Railroads services in every country is connected. Best Regards from Indonesia 🇮🇩

[@wildone8397]

From this Aussie, sorry Champ, I don't see that to be a reality or atleast happening for the next 3 0 0 0 years..."But I doubt it".. Indonesia to Timor *,definitely Possible,* but because the terrain "Tunnels, Bridges" Indonesia would have to cross to get to Timor would cost them RIDICULOUS amounts of money. Then Timor, (TIMOR..A third world TINY nation) to build 250km of Bridge/Tunnel, while Australia builds the other 250km of Bridge/Tunnel.. THEN... Australia to New Zealand.. Roughly 2500 kms of Bridge/Tunnel?! Lol.. I think you, or who ever said some plan about, forgot about us 🤣.. Oh then there's the Pacific Islands! *UNLESS* Aliens somehow found away to help us.. *IT AIN'T HAPPENING!!* 🤣😐 Oh Indonesia to Papua New Guinea, Papua Guinea to Australia? Just No!!! It would bankrupt and destroy, Indonesia! Papua New Guinea to Australia "Short" distance, but forested Papua New Guinea and the cost... No!!! Its Papua New Guinea. Cheers though Mate, Just bringing everyone back to Reality!

[@lieke8273]

The video fails to mention that currently, trains from Copenhagen to Hamburg go on the ferry, which I found a very interesting experience!

[@wasmic5z]

Nope, that stopped a few years ago. The current Copenhagen-Hamburg trains go via Funen and Jutland (via the Great Belt and Little Belt bridges).

[@kosmischesasha]

i travelled back from hamburg this week, the route has been rerouted to go across the rest of denmark through Storebæltsbroen since 2019. they're preparing the railway to rødby for the tunnel by electrifying and allowing for high-speed rails, and the service would have been massively degraded if they kept using the ferry. funnily enough, i think the new route over denmark is 10 minutes faster than it would be with the ferry... i will miss the nice break on the ferry with the bistro snack though :(

[@RailwaysExplained]

@@kosmischesasha How does it feel to travel by train on a ferry? We think it’s a really memorable experience.

[@gitgut4977]

@@RailwaysExplained you dont sit in the train on the ferry. you have to leave the train but the ferry ticket is includet in the price so you can walk around freely on the ferry. you have to enter the train as soon as you are on the other coast

[@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568]

@@RailwaysExplained it's fun and memorable but inefficient. i've used the train onto ferry system between kobenhavn and jutland prior to the existence of the stoerebaelt. ...other commenters in here refer to a train to ferry system apparently for travelling from kobenhavn to hamburg -what route does that ferry take?

[@samwirth9303]

Checkpoint charlie!

[@jari2018]

the tunnel seems to narrow already... -Stockholms needs 8 lanes in one direction... I guess Denmrk belives only danes will use the tunnel during the summer vacations- well the horde from the other countries will come and so the now the future easy access to north for nature intresseted germans or even french - should i assume small country small minds

[@OmmerSyssel]

Nonsense.. After all Denmark were the major interests behind the whole project and shouldering the whole. Where do you live, with that outlandish approach to suitable dimensions of our infrastructure? The more streets, the more traffic.. = Induced demand. Anyway take the train