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The tunnel will be a major connection between central Europe and Scandinavia. It will shorten the travel time between Lolland and Fehmarn from 45 minutes by ferry (excluding waiting and boarding time) to 10 minutes by car and seven minutes by train. [4] [3] The electrified high-speed rail line will be capable of reaching 200 km/h (125 mph). [5] [6]
Japan Railways linked the four main Japanese islands with train ferries before these were replaced by bridges and tunnels. There were three ferry services that carried trains. Through operations of passenger trains using train ferries were conducted between December 1948 and 11 May 1955.
The core of the connection is the 19-kilometre (12 mi) ferry link between Rødby (Denmark) and Puttgarden (Germany). The line is operated by Scandlines. Ferries take 45 minutes and operate twice an hour, 24 hours a day. The projected Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link, an undersea tunnel, will replace the ferries. Danish-German negotiations on 29 June ...
By way of comparison, the 50-kilometer (31-mile) Channel Tunnel linking England and France, completed in 1993, cost the equivalent of £12 billion ($13.6 billion) in today’s money.
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The Fehmarn Sound Tunnel and its connection will be built. It is still being planned as of 2024. If the Fehmarn Sound tunnel is not finished when the Fehmarn Belt tunnel is completed, the Fehmarn Sound Bridge can be electrified and used during a transition period. The following stations will exist along the new Lübeck–Puttgarden railway. [9]
The Channel Tunnel linking England with mainland Europe is about 31.34 miles (50.44 km) long; the Seikan Tunnel, an ocean tunnel linking Hokkaido with Honshu in Japan is 33.46 miles (53.85 km) long; and the Swiss Gotthard Base Tunnel through the Alps, opened in 2016, is 35.7 miles (57.5 km) long.
Only the basin adjoining track 2 and 3 is still used to operate trains and rail wagons on and off the train ferry. The Deutsche Ferienroute Alpen-Ostsee (German Alpine–Baltic Holiday Route) ends in Puttgarden after 1738 kilometres. From the ferry terminal, there are several bus services operated by Autokraft, including to Burg auf Fehmarn.