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Contents

Railways

Railway links with adjacent countries

Local city networks

Metros

Bicycle lanes and tracks

Highways

Waterways

Pipelines

Ports and harbours

Merchant marine

Airports

Airports — with paved runways

Airports — with unpaved runways

List of airports

See also

References

External links

Railways

The largest railway operator in Denmark is Danske Statsbaner (DSB) — Danish State Railways. Arriva operates some routes in Jutland, and several other smaller operators provide local services, mainly outside the Copenhagen area.
;Total: 2,859 km (508 km privately owned and operated)
;Standard gauge: 2,859 km 1.435 m gauge (600 km electrified at 25 kV AC; 760 km double track) (1998)
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Railway links with adjacent countries

★ Sweden — yes — same gauge — voltage change 25 kV AC/15 kV AC.

★ Germany — yes —same gauge — voltage change 25 kV AC/15 kV AC.
The Oresund Bridge provides a rail connection with Malmö, Sweden. These trains have 20-minute schedule, and continue further in the Skåne County.
There is a railway connection from Hamburg to Copenhagen through:

★ The old Little Belt Bridge — 1935

★ The Great Belt rail link with the Western Bridge and the Eastern Tunnel — 1997.
A train ferry opened about 1960 from Rødby, Denmark to Puttgarden, Germany which provides a short cut from the Danish capital to Germany. The daytime trains Hamburg–Copenhagen still use this ferry. The night trains to Germany however use the Great Belt connection.

Local city networks

;S-Train: A traditional suburban train network in the greater Copenhagen area. S-Trains, or S-Tog (in Danish) are electric trains connecting the city center with the suburbs of Copenhagen. The numerous trains leave at 10 or 20 minute intervals. S-trains run from 5am (weekdays), 6 am (Sundays) until about 12:30 am.

Metros

;Copenhagen Metro: An automated driverless metro system with 26 trains, 17 stations and 16.8 km of track, operated by Serco.
There is also a light rail being planned in Aarhus

Bicycle lanes and tracks

Danish cities and towns, especially Odense and Copenhagen, are known for catering for bicycle transportation. Nearly one-fifth of all trips in Copenhagen are by bicycle, and for home-to-work commutes, nearly one third of all trips are by bicycle. Odense has been named the "bicycle city of the year" because of the great number of bicycle lanes in the city. A complete network of 350 km all-weather serviced lanes exists in the town — this is as much as some states in Germany.
Bicycle lanes in Danish cities and towns typically consist of an asphalted lane exclusively for bicycles between the lane(s) for motor vehicles and the sidewalk/pavement for pedestrians. There is normally a bicycle lane on each side of the street, and each is strictly one-way only. Where there is parallel parking, the bicycle lane is generally placed between the parked cars and the sidewalk/pavement.
Bicycle lanes are usually wide enough for two bicycles to ride side-by-side (2.2 m), particularly in urban areas. This allows for passing on the left hand side and a greater space buffer between cyclists and motor vehicles. In Copenhagen's 2002–2012 Cycle Policy, the city announced plans to widen some of the lanes to allow three bikes across (3.5 m) in particularly congested areas. On the largest streets at the intersections there are separate traffic lights and directional arrows for motor vehicles and for bicycles, and separate lanes for those turning and those going straight through, with the traffic signals coordinated to avoid conflicts.
As an experiment started at the end of 2006, Nørrebrogade, the main street in the Nørrebro area in Copenhagen, has had its traffic lights set for a "green wave" at 20 km/h to let the bikes get through without stopping, while cars typically have to stop at every light. This is done deliberately to make it more advantageous to ride a bike than to drive a car in the area.
Outside of the towns and cities there are often bicycle tracks parallel to, but separated from, the roads between towns. It is also common to have bicycle tracks going through forest and park areas were cars are not allowed.
Copenhagen has free "city bikes" stationed around the city.

Highways

;Total: 71,437 km
;Paved: 71,437 km (including 1010 km of expressways)
;Unpaved: 0 km (1998 est.)
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Waterways

There are 417 km of waterways in Denmark.¹

Pipelines

; Crude oil: 110 km
; Petroleum products: 578 km
; Natural gas: 700 km
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Ports and harbours

=== North Sea ===

★ Aalborg

★ Esbjerg
=== Baltic Sea ===

★ Copenhagen

★ Aarhus

★ Fredericia
=== Øresund ===

★ Køge
=== Kattegat ===

★ Grenå

★ Kalundborg

★ Odense
=== Limfjorden ===

★ Struer

Merchant marine

;Total: 336 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,190,227 GRT/6,815,128 DWT
;Ships by type:
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;;Bulk: 12
;;Cargo: 132
;;Chemical tanker: 22
;;Container: 70
;;Liquified gas: 26
;;Livestock carrier: 6
;;Petroleum tanker: 24
;;Rail car carrier: 1
;;Refrigerated cargo: 13
;;Roll-on/Roll-off: 19
;;Short-sea passenger: 8
;;Specialized tanker: 3 (1999 est.)
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Airports

Denmark has 118 airports. (1999 est.)
Copenhagen's airport is called Kastrup located in the south east part of Copenhagen. Not far from the city center. It has lots of international flights.

Airports — with paved runways

;Total: 28
;Over 3,047 m: 2
;2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
;1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
;914 to 1,523 m: 13
:Under 914 m: 3 (1999 est.)
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Airports — with unpaved runways

;Total: 90
;1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
;914 to 1,523 m: 7
;Under 914 m: 82 (1999 est.)
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List of airports

★ Aalborg Airport (IATA AAL for 'Aal'borg) (Homepage)

★ Aarhus Airport

★ Billund Airport (IATA BLL, for 'B'i'll'und) (Homepage)

★ Bornholm Airport (IATA RNN for 'R'ø'nn'e]] (Homepage)

★ Copenhagen Airport (IATA CPH for 'C'o'p'en'h'agen) (Homepage)

★ Karup Airport

★ Odense Airport

★ Roskilde Airport

★ Sønderborg Airport

See also

★ Denmark

★ Road traffic in Denmark

★ Transport in the Faroe Islands

References

1. Denmark
2. Denmark has created its own internal register, called the Danish International Ship register (DIS); DIS ships do not have to meet Danish manning regulations, and they amount to a flag of convenience within the Danish register (1998 est.)

External links

★ Public transportation Route Planner

★ Online Map, Address lookup

★ Copenhagen Airports

★ S-Train and Danish train schedules

★ Metro information

★ All railway tracks

★ City of Copenhagen: City of Cyclists

★ Truck transport Denmark