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The railway line approaches Copenhagen from the Continental Line south of Malmö and heads west, passing over the Øresund Bridge on the lower section of the Peberholm artificial island, under Copenhagen Airport to Copenhagen Central Station. In Malmö, the City Tunnel connects the railway directly to Malmö C.
Scandlines' Öresundslinjens ferries depart more than 70 times daily, from each port. Every 20 minutes for most of the day, and for cargo with an additional ferry. [2] As the distance between Denmark and Sweden here only is around 2.5 nautical miles (approx. 4 km), the crossing time is just 20 minutes. [3]
The combination of routes of an inter-city nature in Sweden with commuter-like routes in Denmark is often a source of trouble. The long-distance trains from Sweden often accumulate delays during the long journey. But delays cause trouble to commuter passengers having fixed work hours and not wishing to add long margins, since they travel every day.
In May 2018 the Øresund Metro Executive was announced, formed of representatives from the two cities, industry and researchers, to explore the proposal to link Copenhagen and Malmö via a driverless metro system, with travel time of around 20 minutes compared to 35 minutes by train. [8]
The secretariat is located at Lund University and at the University of Copenhagen. The commercial interaction across the border has also significantly increased. In 2018, an average of 19,100 vehicles crossed the bridge each day. [12] The ports of Copenhagen and Malmö were merged in 2001 to form a single company, Copenhagen Malmö Port.
Cycling to work. Copenhagen is known as one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world. [3] Every day 1.1 million km are bicycled in Copenhagen. 45% of all citizens commute to work, school or university by bicycle and it is municipal policy that this number should have gone up to 40% by 2012 and to 50% in 2015.
The following routes (air travel not included) have public transport or roads between Denmark and Sweden: Frederikshavn–Göteborg, car ferry. Grenå–Varberg, car ferry. Helsingør–Helsingborg, car ferry (including railway car ferry between 1892 and 1999). Copenhagen–Malmö, road and railway, the Øresund Bridge. Rønne–Ystad, car ferry.
The part through Stockholm has very heavy traffic, including the most heavily trafficked road in Scandinavia [citation needed], Essingeleden (160 000 vehicles/day). There is often congestion on this stretch. A new tunnel for route E20, "Norra länken", was built north of the city center and opened 30 November 2014. [6]