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Director of the STRING collaboration, Thomas Becker (th), in conversation with Germany's ambassador to Denmark, Professor Pascal Hector, at the publication of the Rambøll report at the German embassy in Copenhagen

Director of the STRING collaboration, Thomas Becker (th), in conversation with Germany's ambassador to Denmark, Professor Pascal Hector, at the publication of the Rambøll report at the German embassy in Copenhagen. Photo: Bernt Hertz Jensen.

The Øresund region and Region Zealand gain the most from the Fehmarn connection

Greater Copenhagen and southern Sweden will be the big economic winners on the Fehmarn connection. Region Zealand can also note significant financial gains, while Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg will not get much out of the project, new calculations from Rambøll show.

It requires further investment in the railways in both Denmark and Sweden if freight transport is to be moved from the roads to the railways. This is shown in a new Sweco report prepared for STRING and Greater Copenhagen.

It requires further investment in the railways in both Denmark and Sweden if freight transport is to be moved from the roads to the railways. This is shown in a new Sweco report prepared for STRING and Greater Copenhagen. PR photo: Deutsche Bahn.

Investments must be made in the railway to move freight transport away from the roads

Road transport can increase by 120 percent, and rail transport can even decrease when the Fehmarn Belt link opens. A new report shows a major need for investment if freight transport is to get back on track.

The heavy traffic between Hamburg and Oslo must reduce its CO2 emissions by 30 per cent. This can be done, among other things, by replacing diesel with hydrogen.

The heavy traffic between Hamburg and Oslo must reduce its CO2 emissions by 30 per cent. This can be done, among other things, by replacing diesel with hydrogen. Photo: Volvo Trucks

Hydrogen corridor from Hamburg to Oslo

A fixed connection between Fehmarn and Lolland will increase truck traffic in the corridor from Hamburg to Oslo. The many trucks must run on hydrogen, and work is now being started to get hydrogen filling stations on the map.