During construction, this new submerged means of transport should be a boon to reduce the journey time between these two European countries.
Some countries sometimes seem inaccessible in transport, even too long. But the new means of transport that emerges greatly facilitate travel. At the moment, a submarine tunnel is being built, and it has a great feature since it will be the longest road and rail tunnel immersed in the world, which should come into service from 2029. The objective: to reduce the journey time between two European countries.
Indeed, unlike the Channel Tunnel, it will mix a road axis comprising two lanes twice, as well as a rail link over 18 kilometers. The Fehmarn Belt tunnel will thus connect southern Denmark and northern Germany passing under the Baltic Sea. What considerably reduce the journey time between Central Europe and Scandinavia.
Thus, instead of 45 minutes of ferry (excluding waiting and boarding time) travelers can count only 7 minutes by train or 10 minutes by car. Trains will also be able to drive up to 200 km/h. Concretely, a Hamburg/Copenhagen trip should last two hours instead of five hours currently. “By considerably reducing the journey time between Germany and Denmark, our country will be more accessible than ever for visitors to Central Europe. We are planning an increase in car tourism, city weekends and sustainable travel options such as train and cycle tourism”, told CNN Mads Schreiner, director of the international market at Visitdenmark.
Another peculiarity of this tunnel: it will be placed on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, while the Channel Tunnel, it was dug under sea level. Other tunnels of this type would be studying to connect Sicily to the Italian continent or Morocco and Spain.