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Copenhagen Metro to partially close for over two weeks

The M3 and M4 lines on Copenhagen’s Metro will close on Saturday February 10th, reopening on February 26th.

Copenhagen Metro to partially close for over two weeks
The M3 and M4 lines on the Copenhagen Metro will be closed from February 10th-26th 2024. Photo: Linda Kastrup/Ritzau Scanpix

The M3 Cityring line, along with the M4 line, will both be closed for over two weeks so that the Metro can run test operations before opening five new stations on the M4 line this summer.

The test runs are a legal requirement for the new stations, which will be served by the same driverless systems as the existing shared M3 and M4 line stations.

The closures were originally announced by the Metro last month.

“Because M3 and M4 have a shared operating system on a part of the line between Østerport and Copenhagen Central, we must unfortunately completely close the lines during the test runs,” operator Metroselskabet said in an email.

M1 and M2, the older parts of the Metro, will run as normal during the closure.

Buses will run in place of the closed lines. You can see their schedules and stops here, or check using Denmark’s Rejseplanen app or website.

READ ALSO: Copenhagen city government greenlights extension to Metro line

“But you should expect much longer journey times with the Metro buses than with the Metro,” Metroselskabet said.

The two lines serve around one million passengers every week, according to the company.

The new stops on the M4 line will be located south of central Copenhagen in the Valby and Sydhavn areas. The will have the names Haveholmen, Enghave Brygge, Sluseholmen, Mozarts Plads and København Syd (Copenhagen South).

The M3 and M4 lines, the newer sections of the Metro, opened in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

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Danish town offers free buses in plan to boost public transport

The town of Herning in Central Jutland is to offer all residents free transfer on specified buses within the municipality from October 1st, in a move aimed at getting more passengers on board local transport.

Danish town offers free buses in plan to boost public transport

Several bus routes in the town and municipality of Herning will be entirely free to residents in a pilot project launching on October 1st, the Midttrafik regional transport operator said in a press release.

The buses – routes 140, 150, 160, 168 and 169 – are a mix of yellow city buses and blue regional buses. 

The pilot project will be in place for an initial six months, expiring at the end of March 2025.

In addition to the offer of free buses, young people aged 16-26 will be able to purchase a cheap travel card, the HerningUNG card, providing cheap travel on all city and regional buses within Herning Municipality.

The travel card will come at a cost of 210 kroner and allow unlimited journeys on both city and regional buses in Herning. Blue bus journeys that leave the municipality will require the card holder to buy an additional ticket for the section which is not within Herning Municipality.

Cheap youth travel and free buses form part of Herning Municipality’s climate strategy, which involves encouraging more people to choose public transport.

“We want to motivate more people to use the public transport services we already have in the municipality,” official with Herning’s city council, John Thomsen said in the press releases.

The director of Midttrafik, Lars Berg, said the regional transport operator was interested to see whether the pilot project would be successful in incentivising bus travel.

“Midttrafik naturally supports Herning Municipality’s efforts to get more customers to take the bus,” he said.

“We are particularly interested in how many young people get the cheap commuter card. Many youth education programmes are struggling with congestion from cars and overcrowded car parks. In addition we have the climate problem. This is therefore a win-win in several ways if we can get young people to take the bus instead of a car,” he added.

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