Sten Hansen, Region Scania & Leif Gjesing Hansen, Region Zealand Business travel and accessibility in the STRING region can the development of a green corridor ease the way we travel? European Spallation Source in Lund Source: ESS Trafikdage at Aalborg University, 2013
Business travel & accessibility in the corridor International accessibility the Öresund region: To Northern Germany (Hamburg) Global via Copenhagen Airport The transport system 2021 Öresund Hamburg Road: Four lane Highway completed Air: Regular flights CPH-HAM (4/d) Rail: Not yet decided
Car travel time from Copenhagen 2012
Car travel time from Copenhagen 2022
What about rail service? Today - no cross border master plan exists, not even a joint Danish German master plan.. Major decisions are not taken yet: not all infrastructure is decided investment in new cross-border trains a plan for the joint rail service organisation, fares etc.
What rail service is possible? A study by Vectura in 2012 How often can International passenger trains run Öresund - Hamburg Every hour? Every second hour? Can a fast ICE service Malmö - Hamburg be established? Vectura has studied the most relevant combinations of infrastructure and service levels Freight traffic according to agreement DE-DK
High accessibility in the whole corridor Based on double track, Storströms bridge and harmonized speed standard Travel by InterRegio trains is comparable to car travel Travel by ICE trains is comparable to air travel Photo: Siemens & Deutsche Bahn
STRING. Implementing New Geography The potential for fast rail services From Copenhagen From Hamburg Göteborg Hamburg Copenhagen Berlin
Organising rail service in the STRING Corridor Present organisation on regional and long-distance rail service Germany Denmark Sweden Public tendering (LVS) Government contract (Ministry of Transport/DSB/Lokalbaner) Public tendering (Skånetrafiken) Regional service (~ InterRegio trains) Commercial (Deutsche Bahn) Government contract Commercial (SJ/Veolia) Long-distance service (Ministry of Transport/DSB) (~ ICE service)
The need for a joint master plan but isn t there still 9 years to the opening of the fixed link? Schleswig-Holstein prepares the tender for regional traffic effective from December 2019 Preparation time: 4 years, a new contract should be awarded late 2015 New cross-border trains much be ordered 2018 A joint German-Danish-Swedish Master plan is needed now.. If we want a greener corridor with high accessibility
The impact on access to labor force Study by COWI, 2013 Case 1: A company located in Nyköbing Falster gets access to 12-33 % more workforce in 2021 City Commuting time o/way Workforce 2012 Workforce 2022 Changes % Nykøbing Falster 1 hour 209.000 243.000 26.000 12% Nykøbing Falster 2 hours 2.156.000 2.872.000 708.000 33%
The impact on access to labor force (2) Study by COWI, 2013 Case 2: A company located in Lübeck gets access to 0-2% more work-force in 2021 City Commuting time o/way Workforce 2012 Workforce 2022 Changes % Lübeck 1 hour 2.855.000 2.855.000 0 0% Lübeck 2 hours 6.239.000 6.337.000 98.000 2%
Preliminary conclusions on access to labor force Study by COWI, 2013 The access to labor force will increase relatively most on the Danish side and not so much on the German side It will most attractive to live in Germany and work in Denmark (salary differences) The Fehmarn link has a strong impact on commuting over 60 min long-distance commuting is specific for a specialized workforce, e.g. hospital staff, specialist within certain high-end businesses. (often person who do not have small children) Weekly commuting between Hamburg and Copenhagen is not studied, but seems to be a potential impact.
Conclusions A new railway corridor Öresund - Hamburg Travel times with double track in Germany and at the Storströms Bridge: 3h 05 min for InterRegional trains Hamburg Copenhagen 2h 15 min for ICE trains Hamburg Copenhagen Malmö (3 hours) ICE travel times is comparable to air travel Hamburg Copenhagen Vectura, 2012 Possible to combine freight trains, ICE trains and regional trains with high speed and local accessibility in the corridor
Thank you! Leif Gjesing Hansen Region Zealand For more information: www.stringcorridor.org