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Fehmarn Belt, the longest tunnel in the world that is changing transportation in Europe

2025-04-04 17:47:00, Kuriozitete CNA

Fehmarn Belt, the longest tunnel in the world that is changing transportation in

The Fehmarn Belt or Fehmarn Belt Tunnel is a submerged tunnel under construction that will connect the Danish island of Lolland with the German island of Fehmarn, crossing 18 kilometers of the Baltic Sea.

It will provide a direct link between northern Germany and Lolland, and from there to the Danish island, becoming the world's longest road and rail tunnel. The tunnel will be a key link between Central Europe and Scandinavia. It will cut the travel time between Lolland and Fehmarn from 45 minutes by ferry, excluding waiting and boarding times, to 10 minutes by car and seven minutes by train. The electrified high-speed rail line will be capable of reaching 200 km/h.

Fehmarn Belt, the longest tunnel in the world that is changing transportation in

The cost of the project was initially estimated at 5.5 billion euros. By 2010, when Denmark and Germany signed a treaty to build the bridge, this figure had risen to 7.4 billion euros. The tunnel will be financed by Denmark, which will collect a toll from the crossing. Germany will pay another 800 million euros to connect the crossing to its motorway network.

Fehmarn Belt, the longest tunnel in the world that is changing transportation in

The tunnel will replace a heavily used ferry service, from Rødby and Puttgarden, currently operated by Scandlines, a route known in German as Vogelfluglinie and in Danish as Fugleflugtslinjen.

The tunnel consists of 79 standard elements with a length of 217 meters in a design similar to the Drogden canal, with two road tubes, one emergency tube and two railway tubes. In addition, there are ten service elements with a length of 85.7 meters, but wider and higher with space to accommodate technical equipment./CNA 





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