PRELIMINARY DRAFT December 2014 2010-2276 Table of contents Chapter 1. Description of the Danish-German Transport Commission ............... 2 Update of interim report Chapter 2. Description of the cross-border infrastructure and transport structure in the Jutland Corridor ............................................................................................ 4 Denmark ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Germany ........................................................................................................................................................... 12 Chapter 3. Development in traffic in the Jutland corridor from 2000 to today. Figures and facts ........................................................................................................................... 16 Denmark ........................................................................................................................................................... 16 Germany ........................................................................................................................................................... 24 Chapter 4. Current infrastructure programmes in Denmark and Germany - Focusing on the Jutland corridor .......................................................................................... 29 Denmark ........................................................................................................................................................... 29 Germany ........................................................................................................................................................... 31 Chapter 5. Prioritised projects by the Danish-German Transport Commission ................................................................................................................................................................. 35 Chapter 6. Recommendations ................................................................................................. 37 [1] PRELIMINARY DRAFT Chapter 1. Description of the Danish-German Transport Commission The Danish-German Transport Commission was founded on July 5, 2011. Its objective is to analyse cross-border traffic with a special focus on the Jutland Corridor and to give recommendations for improving infrastructure and the transport economy. Membership: 12 members, Denmark and Germany are equally represented by 6 members each Representatives from Denmark Germany TRM (Danish Ministry of Transport) 2 Development Council South-Jutland 2 Danish Chamber of Commerce (Dansk 1 Erhverv) Confederation of Danish Industry 1 MWVAT (Schleswig-Holstein MOT) 2 BMVI (Federal German MOT) 1 Hamburg chamber of Commerce 1 Chamber of Commerce and Industry 1 Schleswig-Holstein WiREG (Business Development 1 Corporation Schleswig-Flensburg) Additional experts may be invited depending on demand and/or subject. The German Federal MOT is not a de facto permanent member of the Commission, it only participates when issues of federal German or European policy are addressed. In case the Federal German MOT is not taking part, its seat is taken by the Schleswig-Holstein MOT so as to ensure parity between the Danish and the German members. To date, the Federal German MOT only took part once. The Transport Commission has a consultative function; it will give recommendations only. The recommendations are made by consensus and must be unanimous. The projects described in this report vary by their stage of investigation and are thus not at the same analytical level. Furthermore some projects focus on the construction side while others focus on the operation side of transport initiatives. It is clear that for projects focusing on the operation of transport it will be necessary to take commercial perspectives into account. Finally, it must be emphasised that the decision making process for concrete projects takes place outside of the work of the commission at ministerial level on the Danish/German side respectively. The following procedural decisions were taken at the inaugural meeting on July 5, 2011: - The chair shall alternate between Denmark and Germany every six months. - There shall be two meetings within a period of six months. To date, the Transport Commission has convened 8 times and has mainly addressed the following subjects: - Rail projects in Denmark, railway lines in Denmark - Study on a fixed link between Fyn and Als [2] PRELIMINARY DRAFT - Presentation of the German-Danish Business Forum - A joint German-Danish train station - Eco-Combi vehicles (long commercial vehicles) - Sønderborg binational airport - The role of Danish ports in the cross-border region, ports in Schleswig-Holstein - Expert report on “High Speed Train in the Jutland Corridor” - Study about Padborg as an intermodal terminal - Combined transport terminal Neumünster - European Train Control System (ETCS) on the line between Niebüll and Tønder - Extension of the motorway A7 - Situation of the high bridge across Kiel Canal at Rade - Cabotage in long-distance freight traffic - Air freight - Discussion of the joint interim report on Jan. 1, 2013 - Proposals for (cross-border) transport projects made by stakeholders. [3] PRELIMINARY DRAFT Update of the “Interim report” from the commission Chapter 2. Description of the cross-border infrastructure and transport structure in the Jutland Corridor The Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of Denmark have a common land border that divides the Cimbrian peninsula, including Jutland and Schleswig - Holstein, in an east west direction. Both states are connected by a network of roads and railway lines in a north south direction through the so-called Jutland Corridor. This chapter describes the existing transport infrastructure, the development of the different transport carriers since the year 2000 as well as the concrete plans for expansion measures and cross-border projects in the Jutland Corridor. [4] PRELIMINARY DRAFT Denmark 2.1 Roads The trunk road network - or the national road network in Denmark - plays a central role when it comes to the flow of traffic. The trunk road network is the backbone of the key international transport corridors throughout Denmark and helps ensure efficient traffic flows between Scandinavia and the rest of the continent. The backbone of the road network is made up of the so-called capital "H", i.e. roads between Frederikshavn and Danish-German border, between Køge and Esbjerg and between Elsinore and Rødby. See map 2.1.1. The capital “H” provides gateways to Denmark’s neighbours most notably Germany, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom Map 2.1.1 The capital “H” Despite the fact that the trunk road network only makes up approximately 5 per cent of the total public road network in Denmark, approximately 45 per cent of all vehicle kilometres in Denmark are driven on the trunk road network. The southern part of Jutland is part of the region “Southern Denmark”. In this region there are located two motorways, which are part of the capital “H”, namely the east-west oriented Esbjergmotorvejen (E20) between Lillebælt and Esbjerg and the north-south Sønderjyske motorway (E45) between [5] PRELIMINARY DRAFT Kolding to the north and the Danish-German border at Frøslev to the south. South of the border to Germany E45 continues as A7. In the western part of Jutland there is one trunk road (Route 11) between Esbjergmotorvejen to the north and the Danish-German border south of Tønder and a number of trunk roads across the region. south of the Danish-German border Route 11 continues as B5. A new motorway – Kliplev-Sønderborg – between Sønderjyske motorway to the West and Sønderborg to the East opened in 2011. The 25 km 4 lane motorway was carried out as a Public Private Partnership (PPP). The Kliplev-Sønderborg motorway was the first Danish motorway carried out as a PPP. Map 2.1.2 shows the trunk roads in the southern part of Jutland; map 2.1.3 shows the number of vehicles on the trunk roads in the southern part of Jutland and Table 2.1.1 shows different road types on the trunk road network in the southern part of Jutland. Map 2.1.2 Trunk roads in the southern part of Jutland [6] PRELIMINARY DRAFT Map 2.1.3 Annual average daily traffic on the trunk roads in 2013 (all vehicles) in the southern part of Jutland As seen on the map the traffic load is highest on the Sønderjyske motorway (E45) between Kolding and the Danish-German border at Frøslev. Table 2.1.1 Different road types on the trunk road network in the southern part of Jutland Road type Km Road Amount (pct.) Motorway 216 29 Expressway 114 15 Other trunk roads 414 56 Total 744 100 Regarding trunk roads there are two border crossings between Denmark and Germany, namely the crossing at Sæd and the crossing at Frøslev. Table 2.1.2 shows the number of vehicles crossing the border stations. [7] PRELIMINARY DRAFT Table 2.1.2 Number of vehicles passing the Danish-German border on a trunk road (2013) Border station Number of vehicles Sæd 5.600 Frøslev 16.500 2.2 Railway There are two railway lines crossing the Danish-German border: Niebüll-Tønder and Padborg- Fredericia. The railway line between Niebüll and Tønder is single tracked and with a speed limit of 100 km/h. The line between Padborg-Fredericia is double-tracked except from Vamdrup to Vojens and from Padborg to Tinglev. The speed limit is 180 km/h in some parts of the railway with the lowest speed limit from