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According to UIC this rail line had in 2012 the most expensive second class rail tickets in Europe with a price of 0.21 Euro per km. [2] The investigation encompassed 103 rail lines. [2] This price is calculated on the distance Malmö-Copenhagen of 52.7 kilometres (32.7 mi) which does not include the shortening by Citytunneln and which made the ...
The Øresund or Öresund Bridge [a] is a combined railway and motorway cable-stayed bridge across the Øresund strait between Denmark and Sweden.It is the second longest bridge in Europe with both roadway and railway combined in a single structure, running nearly 8 kilometres (5 miles) from the Swedish coast to the artificial island Peberholm in the middle of the strait.
In 2007, almost 25 million people traveled over the Øresund Bridge: 15.2 million by car and bus, and 9.6 million by train. By 2009, the figure had risen to a total of 35.6 million travellers by car, coach, train or ferry. [7] Statistics compiled in January 2007 show 14,000 people commuting each day over the Öresund Bridge. [8]
European route E20 is a part of the United Nations International E-road network. It runs roughly west–east through Ireland , the United Kingdom , Denmark , Sweden , Estonia , and Russia . Its length is 1,880 km (1,170 mi) but it is not continuous; at three points, a sea crossing is required.
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.
Domestic air travel over the Great Belt was greatly reduced after the opening of the bridge, with the former air travellers now using trains and private cars. The larger energy consumption by ferries as opposed to via the fixed link is most clearly seen when comparing short driving distances from areas immediately east or west of the link.
European route E45 connects Norway and Italy, through Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Austria. With a length of about 5,190 kilometres (3,225 mi), it is the longest north–south European route (some east–west routes are longer).
European route E6 (Norwegian: Europavei 6, Swedish: Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north–south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is 3,056 km (1,899 mi) long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg , into Norway and through almost all of the country north to the Arctic Circle and ...