Øresund bridge tunnel heading towards new traffic record

[cpzilliacus]

TheLocal.SE: Øresund bridge heading towards new traffic record

The Øresund bridge between Sweden and Denmark is heading towards a new annual traffic record — but the number of regular train commuters has dropped in the past year.

Around 6.9 million vehicles have crossed the bridge so far in 2016, with the sharpest increase this autumn. From August to November the total number of vehicles rose by 6.6 percent and the total number of cars by 6.7 percent.

According to Øresundbro Konsortiet, which manages the bridge, the increase is likely partly due to train travellers choosing to take the car or bus instead in order to avoid delays caused by the ID checks.

[Chris]

Øresund Bridge traffic growth has been sluggish since the start of the recession and a slow recovery.



The Great Belt Bridge traffic growth has been more substantial.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/inAxQF8xmrPtu9Xr8

I was noticing that the Tunnel entrance is at the exit to Copenhagen's Airport.  It also denotes the tunnel toll in English and not Dutch.  Plus to inform the motorists it's 19km in length it uses 0-19 to state that the toll is from the ramp to the 19th km ahead.

[Chris]

It also denotes the tunnel toll in English and not Dutch.

That makes sense considering the tunnel is in Denmark and not the Netherlands. 

I checked the toll rates for the Øresund Bridge-Tunnel and concluded there is some kind of seasonal variation. The toll rate was € 64 last summer, € 55 in January and now € 65 again. The DKK/SEK rates also vary, so it's not an exchange rate issue. They do not seem to officially publish these variations.

€ 65 is outrageously expensive by the way, I think this makes it the most expensive toll facility in Europe.

Though commuters can enter a subscription plan which dramatically lowers the toll. So it's mostly tourists (and trucks) that pay these toll rates.

Still, the Helsingør - Helsingborg ferry charges € 33 for a crossing, so you'd think that would take some tourist traffic away from the Øresund Bridge.

[Scott5114]

€ 65 is outrageously expensive by the way, I think this makes it the most expensive toll facility in Europe.

For comparison, the first 127 miles of the Kansas Turnpike would cost €9.25.

[roadman65]

It also denotes the tunnel toll in English and not Dutch.

That makes sense considering the tunnel is in Denmark and not the Netherlands. 

I checked the toll rates for the Øresund Bridge-Tunnel and concluded there is some kind of seasonal variation. The toll rate was € 64 last summer, € 55 in January and now € 65 again. The DKK/SEK rates also vary, so it's not an exchange rate issue. They do not seem to officially publish these variations.

€ 65 is outrageously expensive by the way, I think this makes it the most expensive toll facility in Europe.

Though commuters can enter a subscription plan which dramatically lowers the toll. So it's mostly tourists (and trucks) that pay these toll rates.

Still, the Helsingør - Helsingborg ferry charges € 33 for a crossing, so you'd think that would take some tourist traffic away from the Øresund Bridge.

I meant Danish.