An Attractive Railway. Today and Tomorrow

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1 An Attractive Railway Today and Tomorrow 1

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3 We Keep Denmark Connected Banedanmark keeps the railway network running in Denmark Every day, year round, we work on keeping the railways running smoothly and on time. We control and supervise the railways with more than 3,000 trains running everyday on more than 2,000 kilometres of state owned rails in Denmark. We ensure passengers receive information about the railway traffic at more than 300 train stations. We inform the passengers about the 40,000 daily departures and arrivals. And when the traffic is not running according to plan it is our job, together with the operators, to inform the passengers about alternative means of transportation. We maintain and renew the railways and while working on creating a reliable train operation today, we are also busy constructing the railways of tomorrow. 3

4 A Reliable Journey Efficient maintenance is the basis of a pleasant train journey We aim to deliver safe and reliable railways with trains running on time and keep our passengers well-informed. A prerequisite for a reliable train journey is wellmaintained railways, which can cope with the challenge of 170 million passengers and 15 million tonnes of freight travelling by rail yearly. Therefore, we work year round to maintain all the vital parts of the railways. We renew tracks, inspect crossings, lubricate points, cleanse rubble, replace rails and check signals and power rails, ensure the rails are free from vegetation and weeds all this to ensure that the trains are running according to time schedules and safety regulations. Our work is planned to cause the least possible disturbance to the railway traffic to ensure that the least possible amount of passengers are inconvenienced. This is why we work at night and during holidays. 4

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6 170 M passengers and15 M tonnes of freight per year with more than 40,000 departures and arrivals every day 6

7 1 M trains per year on 2,132 km of railways on 5,500 hectares of land 7

8 The Railways of Tomorrow In the coming years we will be extending with more capacity and new technology While working on making railway travel reliable for today s passengers, we are also striving to make railway travel an attractive means of transportation for more and more people. Therefore, we have a series of large-scale projects for renewing and extending the railways with more capacity and new technology to make room for even more trains. We are building a new railway between Copenhagen and Ringsted, we are replacing the signals on the entire railway, and we are building the land section of the rail facilities of the new Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link. Our efforts will facilitate more train departures, shorter travel time, and fewer delays on all the railway lines in Denmark. The projects also reflect the vision to double the freight and passenger traffic by year

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10 The Company of The Future Our people are creating the railways of the future A t Banedanmark, more than 2,000 employees work in multiple functions to ensure that our passengers have a reliable train ride today, and an attractive railway system in the future. We have people all over the country at command posts and remote control centres, on the rails, and at our three main locations in Copenhagen and Fredericia. We believe that the best way to create the railways of the future is to keep all our skilful employees actively involved in creating the services and systems. This will contribute to us meeting our numerous project goals and challenges. At Banedanmark, we work on many different projects and tasks. Whether a person is controlling traffic, is a specialist, or rail engineer, they do a job which influences the lives of many people and has a great impact on Danish society. 10

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12 Read More At our website you can always find up to date information about the rail traffic. You can also find more information about Banedanmark and our multiple projects on the railways. Banedanmark is responsible for the entire railway network and is a state owned company under the Danish Ministry of Transportation. Banedanmark Amerika Plads København Ø Phone banedanmark@bane.dk ISBN Great Dane Communcation.