Facts and Figures
 
Tunnel  
Total length 4,050 m
Immersed tunnel 3,510 m
Kastrup portal building 270 m
Peberholm portal building 270 m
Deepest point below sea level -21 m


Tunnel elements  
Number of elements 20
Number of sections per element 8
Length of sections 22 m
Length of element 176 m
Width 38.8 m
Height 8.6 m
Weight per element 55,000 tons


Peberholm (artificial island)  
Length 4,055 m
Width 500 m
Area 1.3 km2
Material: 1.6 million tons stone and 6 million m3 sand and bottom material


Artificial peninsula at Kastrup  
Length 430 m into the sea
Area 0.9 km2
Material: broken stone, granite, ramp of moraine clay  


Bridges  
Total length 7,845 m
Western approach bridge 3,014 m
High bridge 1,092 m
Eastern approach bridge 3,739 m
Pylon height 204 m
Main span 490 m
Navigational clearance 57 m


Stay cables  
Cable-stayed arrrangement with cables anchored at 20 m intervals
The cables are anchored in the pylons at approx. 12 m intervals
Cable stayed arrangement = 2 x 80 cables
Each cable comprises 68 – 73 "strands"
A strand comprises 7 wires which each have a diameter of 5 mm
Total weight of the cables 2,150 tons


Railway  
Maximum speed 200 km/hour
Track kilometres 34
Points 8
Expansion joints 14
Signals 38
ATC- balises 160
Danish electrified system 25 kV /50 Hz
Swedish electrified system 15 kV / 16.66 Hz


Dark Fibre Links  
Fibre optics cables 4
One cable = 96 fibre pairs  


Safety  
Emergency phones:  
Motorway tunnel 1 per 88 m
Bridge At all emergency stairs approx. every 700 metres
Ventilators:  
Motorway tube 80
Rail tube 20


Toll station  
Lanes 11 in each direction
Capacity 200 cars per hour
Toll booths 11 in each direction