Transport in Copenhagen
Transport in Copenhagen and the surrounding area relies on a well-established infrastructure making it a hub in Northern Europe due to its road and rail networks as well as its international airport.
The metro and S-train systems are key features of the city's well-developed public transport facilities.
The city is also served by ferry connections to Oslo in Norway while its award-winning harbour is an ever more popular port of call for cruise ships.
Copenhagen has a large network of toll-free motorways and public roads connecting different municipalities of the city together and to Northern Europe.
The radial arterial roads leading to Copenhagen city centre are critically congested during peak hours.
[2] In October 2011, heated political talks arose regarding plans about road tolls around Copenhagen in order to combat the car congestion and improve the air quality.
Discussions were abandoned in February 2012 due to disagreement of the physical locations of the toll road boundaries and political deadlock.
Bicycle paths are often separated from the main traffic lanes and sometimes have their own signal systems, giving the cyclists a lead of a couple of seconds to accelerate.
Bike City Copenhagen took place from 2008 to 2011 and consisted of large cycling events for professionals as well as amateurs, culminating in the 2011 UCI Road World Championships.
The AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro cars supplements the larger S-train rapid transit system, and is integrated with DSB local trains and Movia buses.
As of January 2009 there are 170 km (106 mi) of dual track and 84 S-train stations, of which eight are in neighbouring towns outside greater Copenhagen.
The fourth line, Ringbanen, takes another path through the city and has an operating frequency of 12 trains per hour.
These include: 1A (Hellerup-Trianglen-Rigshospitalet-HC Ørsteds Vej-Enghave Plads-Hvidovre Hospital-Avedøre) 2A (Refshaleøen-Christianshavn-Copenhagen Central-Forum-Godthåbsvej-Brønshøj Torv-Tingbjerg) 4A (Friheden-Ny Ellebjerg/Copenhagen South-Valby-Fasanvej-Nørrebro-Emdrup Torv-Gladsaxe-Buddinge) 6A (Nørreport-Rigshospitalet-Bispebjerg-Emdrup Torv-Søborg-Buddinge) 7A (Ny Ellebjerg/Copenhagen South-Sydhavn-Copenhagen Central-Vesterbro-Frederiksberg Alle-Roskildevej/Zoo-Rødovre Centrum-Rødovrehallen) 9A (Glostrup-Rødovrehallen-Jyllingevej-Vanløse-Flintholm-Peter Bangs vej/Gl.
Kongevej-Frederiksberg Alle-Carlsberg-Mozarts plads-Kongens Enghave Valbyparken) Many larger towns outside of Copenhagen also feature A-bus routes.
These can be found in: Helsingør Roskilde Køge Holbæk Næstved Ringsted C-buses/Cityline (turqoise with yellow corners): Trunk routes with increased priority in traffic, and 4 minute frequencies or higher, and night service.
Only one Cityline route exists, this being: 5C (Herlev Hospital-Husum-Brønshøj-Bellahøj-Nørrebro-Nørreport-Copenhagen Central-Amagerbro-Sundbyvester Plads-Den Blå Planet (national aquarium)-Co`penhagen Airport).
Holte-Hørsholm-Kokkedal) 200S (Buddinge-Gladsaxe-Husum-Rødovre-Hvidovre Hospital-Friheden) 250S (Bagsværd-Gladsaxe-Bellahøj-Nørrebro-Forum-Copenhagen Central-Amagerbro-Sundbyvester Plads-Tårnby-Dragør) 300S (Nærum-Lundtofte-Lyngby-Buddinge-Gladsaxe-Herlev-Glostrup-Vallensbæk-Ishøj)(This route will close in 2025 and be replaced by the under construction Light rail line on the same route) 350S (Ballerup-Lautrupparken-Herlev-Husum-Brønshøj-Bellahøj-Nørrebro-Nørreport) 400S (Lyngby-Bagsværd-Ballerup-Høje Taastrup-Hundige) 500S (Kokkedal-Birkerød-Farum-Værløse-Ballerup-Glostrup-Brøndby Strand-Avedøre Holme-Ørestad) 600S (Hillerød-Slangerup-Ølstykke-Jyllinge-Roskilde-Tune-Hundige) E-buses (in green): Express buses with limited schedules.
R-buses (in blue): Operates in rural regions, often alongside local trains as part of the R-net.
Copenhagen already has one 2.5 kilometer long busway between Ryparken station and the lakes just past Rigshospitalet known as "Den Kvikke vej" (The Smart street).
This busway opened in 2014 and is used by lines 6A, 15E, 150S, 184, 185 and 94N, featuring signal priority, median buslanes, and stops with a raised curb to make boarding easier.
By type(s) of rail transport there will be: Another 5 Metro stations of the Harbour line (M4) are under construction and are scheduled to open in 2024.
Re-tog regional trains (stops at major stations within the Greater Copenhagen area) connect the main parts of Zealand to the capital.
(A special ticket fare system exists between the Copenhagen local traffic area and the most southern part of Sweden, Skåne county.)
However, technical difficulties have been reported on equipment not registering properly and people forgetting to check out after completion of their journey.
[12] Located in Kastrup on the island of Amager, it has efficient connections to downtown Copenhagen via metro and regional trains.
Copenhagen Airport is a major hub for SAS and Norwegian, and along with around 60 other airlines, it offers frequent flights to most major cities throughout Europe, as well as intercontinental flights to the United States, China, Thailand, northern Africa and United Arab Emirates.
Copenhagen is served by ferry lines to Oslo in Norway (called "Oslobåden") with a daily connection.
[17] Previously, most national and international buses that ran through the central city had their main stop in Ingerslevsgade,[18] approximately 700 m north of the bus terminal.
