CITYRINGEN FACT SHEET PROJECTPROJECT OVERVIEW OVERVIEW ONE OF EUROPE’S BIGGEST METRO PROJECTS
Copenhagen Four hundred years after The line is to provide a Christian IV ordered the construction of Christianshavn round-the-clock service 4 inutes illion to extend the fortifications to travel passengers for a potential of up to 72 entire line a year of the city, Copenhagen has overseen another mega million passengers a year. infrastructure project which Cityringen encircles the heart reshapes the urban space: of Copenhagen with two Cityringen, the new metro parallel 15.5-kilometre-long line that will help it in its tunnels. It passes under the bid to become the greenest historic centre, the so-called capital in the world. The “bridge quarters”, as well as project, commissioned by the independent municipality Metroselskabet, the public etres of Frederiksberg, which is 0 entity responsible for the located within Copenhagen’s metro network, was designed below street level underground borders. The line has 17 stations and built by Salini Impregilo underground stations situated via a local entity called CMT. an average 30 metres below 0 00 The project supports the street level. Driverless and secon s completely automatic trains trains’ frequency aim to achieve carbon pass every 100 seconds and as little as 80 seconds at rush neutrality by 2025 as part hour. of the CPH Climate Plan.
Thanks to the new line and Driverless its connections to the existing fully automated network, residents will be able trains to move by foot, bike or public transport for 75 percent of their lon trips. 40 5 5 average travelling The Cityringen metro speed encircles the very heart of Copenhagen with 2 p r llel tunnels 3 INNOVATION AND TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS The underground race of the 4 TBM One of the greatest challenges of The TBMs – tunnel boring
Works carried out building Cityringen was having machines - excavated 31 in ensel popul te re , to do it in kilometres under the streets near istoric l buil in s highly urbanised areas through different and, at times, difficult geology. They even where historic buildings managed to pass within were located. 1.5 metres of the Since the line crosses some foundations of the of the Danish capital’s most densely populated Magasin du Nord, one neighbourhoods with of the city’s landmark commercial and historic areas, great effort was made to carry buildings. out the work without disrupting people’s lives or damaging any The excavation was carried out buildings. using innovative techniques. The TBMs did the tunnels 4.9 metres in diametre at an average depth ranging from 20 to 35 metres. COPENHAGEN
Magasin du Nord Marmorkirken Kongens Nytorv
Tunnels ere e c v te usin 4 TBMs Ev Minerv Nor Tri
Excavation challenges under the M sin u Nor in on ens N torv and M r or ir en, an 18th century The TBMs drilled a total of Variable geotechnical context iconic church ilo etres l ci l eposits li estone The TBMs had an advance rate of etres per
Kongens Nytorv Marmorkirken
4 5 Cityringen STATIONS THE CITY’S E TENSIONS
Vanløse Cityringen Regional Transfer Station Vestamager Metro 0 Trains Zone 2 Vanløse København H Airport S-Train Københavns Orientkaj Zone 1 Lufthavn N RREBRO (11) (10) Orientkaj 6 STERPORT S ol s Pl s Nordhavn N rrebros Run elN rrebro 5 4 (9) Vibens us Run el (12) (8) Poul Hennin sens Pl s FREDERI SBERG Nuu s Pl s A sel M llers H ve (7) Tri n len (13) BENHAVN 5 (14) (6) sterport 4 6 (15) Lindevang (5) Nørreport Vanløse Flintholm Fasanvej M r or ir en Forum Zone 1 on ens N torv Christianshavn Zone 3 (4) Amagerbro (3) G el Str n Lergravsparken (2) R uspl sen Den r Fre eri sber (1) (16) Øresund
En ve Pl s Island Amager Strand Zone 2 Fre eri sber All Brygge ben vn H (17) Femøren
Dr Byen Kastrup Zone 1 Lufthavnen
Zone 1 Zone 3 Sundby
Bella Center Zone 3 Zone 4
Ørestad
Vestamager
Cityringen places 5 of residents within a maximum of 600 etres – a 10-minute walk – to a metro or train station
00 00 00 400 500 500 400 00 00 00 5 600m o resi ents
6 7 THE SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE
People Local Community Engagement Cityringen was built by people from 24 Local communities were campaigns were organised to countries, including England, Ireland, involved in every phase engage local communities, 5,000 workers 24 nationalities Romania, Italy, Bulgaria and Portugal. It ˜ of the project with the inviting members to visit the was an example of multicultural Europe that aim of fomenting greater worksites to learn about the
not only created thousands of jobs but also 25% women understanding of the complexity technology and techniques used 50% local workforce displayed the highest level of technical skill in projects staff of the work and the benefits and witness the progress of the in the industry. to be gained from it once project. completed. Many information Environment
The project oversaw the clean-up of more than more than 40 public events 65,000 visitors previously contaminated soil in a number in the worksites 5,000 hours of areas. A careful management of chemical for planning, supervision substances avoided infiltrations in the and reporting water table and an advanced monitoring 215,000 tonnes system ensured that materials used on the of contaminated soil excavated, treated and removed from stations and shafts project were compliant with environmental regulation. Wherever the contaminated soil was found, a process to treat and remove it was implemented with the greatest care. City’s Heritage Safety Cityringen opened up a veritable treasure trove for researchers at Special attention was given to health and safety on the work sites with the Museum of Copenhagen, enabling them to learn more about the adoption of the best international practices and the organization ocus on Safety the Danish capital’s past. As workers excavated tunnels and station of several awareness campaigns. The result was that in the end of boxes for the new metro line archeologists uncovered remnants of Special2018 the attention entire wasCityringen given to healthproject and celebrated safety on the the achievementthe entire Cityringen of project celebrated life dating back nearly a millennium. workone million sites with working the adoption hours of without the best internationala single accident, the becoming achievement best of one million working hours practices and the organization of several awareness without a single accident, becoming best practice campaigns.practice throughout The result was the that country. in the end of 2018, throughout the country. e greatest arc aeological e cavation Lost Ti e In ur Fre uenc R te LTIFR No in uries in ort ern Europe
At the early stage of its development, Cityringen Amid the excavations at places like Gammel Strand 40 proved to be a veritable treasure trove for the and Radhuspladsen, they uncovered everything Museum of Copenhagen, which from potter to te tiles and buil in 30 described the new metro line’s oun tions to bul r s various work sites as the from an ol rbour, 20 “greatest archaeological giving them greater excavation in Northern understanding of the 10 Europe”. Danish capital’s past.
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