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The world's longest road and rail tunnel is being built under the Baltic Sea

2024-06-27 10:38:29Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The world's longest road and rail tunnel is being built under the Baltic

Descending up to 40 meters under the Baltic Sea, the world's longest underground tunnel will connect Denmark and Germany, cutting travel times between the two countries when it opens in 2029.

The first tunnel element of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel was inaugurated on June 17 by King Frederik X of Denmark, in what was a milestone four years after construction began in 2020, with more than a decade of planning ahead.

On the Danish side, east of Rødbyhavn, the factory that will build the 89 massive concrete sections that will make up the tunnel was completed last year. Fermern A/S, the Danish state-owned company responsible for the project, says it is the largest and most advanced production facility of its kind.

The tunnel, which will be 18 kilometers long, is one of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe, with a construction budget of over 7 billion euros ($7.1 billion).

By comparison, the 50-kilometer Channel Tunnel connecting England and France, completed in 1993, cost the equivalent of 12 billion pounds ($13.6 billion) in today's money. Although longer than the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel, the Channel Tunnel was created using a boring machine, rather than sinking pre-built tunnel sections.

It will be built along the Fehmarn Strait, a strait between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland, and is designed as an alternative to the current ferry service from Rødby and Puttgarden, which carries millions of passengers each year. Where the crossing now takes 45 minutes by ferry, it will take just seven minutes by train and 10 minutes by car.

The tunnel, whose official name is the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link, will also be the longest combined road and rail tunnel anywhere in the world. It will consist of two two-lane highways separated by a service crossing and two electrified railway tracks.

In addition to the benefits for passenger trains and cars, the tunnel will have a positive impact on freight trucks and trains, Kaslund said, because it creates a land route between Sweden and Central Europe that will be 160 kilometers shorter than today.

At the moment, traffic between the Scandinavian peninsula and Germany via Denmark can take the ferry via the Fehmarnbelt or a longer route via bridges between the islands of Zeeland, Funen and the Jutland peninsula.


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