Hmmm

[acb@mastodon.social]

@jon Are the proposed Sweden-Finland tunnel crossing the Gulf of Bothnia via Åland and/or the hypothetical eastern alternative to the Fehmarn Belt tunnel going between Gedser and Rostock too far-fetched to qualify?

[jon@gruene.social]

@acb Those are too far fetched I think yes

[shantara@mastodon.social]

@jon The HH fixed link has been under discussion for decades. IIRC the main issue was the lack of the space needed on the Danish side, where existing railway line and ferry terminal are sandwiched in between the historic city center and the coast.

[ignaloidas@not.acu.lt]

@jon@gruene.social I think Mockava - Trakiszki is a bit funny to include when it only moves by ~300 meters

[jon@gruene.social]

@ignaloidas right. But it’ll still be added!

[ignaloidas@not.acu.lt]

@jon@gruene.social I personally see that portion of it as a reconstruction/straightening of the existing line rather than something new

[vorortanleiter@rail.chat]

@jon @wrzlbrnft there used to be a Ostrava - Warszawa train (early morning from Ostrava, back in the evening) which bypassed Bohumin, if I remember correctly.
Currently this train (EC 110/111) starts/terminates only at Bohumin.

[jon@gruene.social]

@vorortanleiter @wrzlbrnft it seems the Regiojet Warszawa - Praha takes that curve. Bypassing Bohumin.

[jon@gruene.social]

@elba013.bsky.social Not quite the same but close https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonworth-eu/52920010778/in/album-72177720307617222 I have been there!

[vermeer@mstdn.social]

@jon would a bridge tunnel there make sense? I could imagine the location being interesting for freight. But how much is Copenhagen-Malmö at capacity?

[leo_wallentin@mastodon.social]

@vermeer @jon there are at least two competing proposals (Helsingborg-Helsingör and Landskrona-Copenhagen), a number of prestudies and quite some local lobbying for a fixed link there, but no real work being done on a national level (on either side) since maybe 2020 or so. Malmö-Copenhagen is expected to reach max capacity before too long

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@jon I have seen (regional) politicians promoting Huelva - Vila Real de Santo António. But maybe that’s too far fetched in this bunch?

[jon@gruene.social]

@stefanlindbohm that is in already, and I went there!

[jon@gruene.social]

@pglux.bsky.social Good idea! Will add

[jon@gruene.social]

@pglux.bsky.social What happened to the St Julien tram idea? https://www.grand-geneve.org/projects/tram-geneve-plan-les-ouates-saint-julien__trashed/

[vermeer@mstdn.social]

@leo_wallentin @jon yes I can imagine that more freight might come after fehmarnbelt is built. But so far it seems like German side of that link is the biggest question mark

[jon@gruene.social]

@pglux.bsky.social The public comms about it is very poor. But I will go there in a few weeks (by bike)

[leo_wallentin@mastodon.social]

@vermeer @jon Oh, the Södra stambanan mainline (SE) is going to be a HUGE bottleneck as well (and plans for new mainlines have been scrapped. A number of smaller projects to increase capacity is in planning though)

[niels@social.data.coop]

@jon
I agree. I think the Gedser-Rostock connection was mainly put in play to confuse the discussion and delay/stop the Fehmarn plans.

The Fehmarn project will leave us with a nice big tunnel element factory, but the Danes itching to reuse it are mainly looking at a Kattegat link, which will not be croas-border.
@acb