So, Aarhus has plenned a Light Rail system, which has already been adopted by the city counci.

Odense Light Rail is not that far at the moment, but they are planning it already. As the new "super hospital" will be build next to the university, it would be an area where many commuters and passengers would go to, and so a Light Rail would be established from the Central Station to here.

And a few other lines has been drawed.

Thats all i know about this project, here's some photos:

The purple line is the one i talked about;
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9048/letbaner.gif (http://img176.imageshack.us/i/letbaner.gif/)

The first line;
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6066/1etapelinjekortodense20.jpg (http://img716.imageshack.us/i/1etapelinjekortodense20.jpg/)

I want one, too!
Sorry, bad joke. But still, if Odense could use one, they should head along with it. Aren't there any former rail routes that could be used?

^^ There is the IC line, which connects all Denmark, with one stop inside, and one regional station in the suburb, and a small regional rail going south to Svendborg, but it doesn't cover a large area of Odense, the light rail is a proposal, imo they should invest in a city structure that would create better opportunity for a Light Rail, and then there will be need of an light rail.

Still, there's rumours about this project, so i started the thread :)

^^ There is the IC line, which connects all Denmark, with one stop inside, and one regional station in the suburb, and a small regional rail going south to Svendborg, but it doesn't cover a large area of Odense, the light rail is a proposal, imo they should invest in a city structure that would create better opportunity for a Light Rail, and then there will be need of an light rail.

Still, there's rumours about this project, so i started the thread :)

Considering how widespread the rail network once was, Odense would almost certainly also have had a line going north out of city. Of course that is not particularly relevant to a project running south.

Light rail projects ought to focus more on both including small regional lines as well as the possibility of re-opening abandoned lines. Without that light rail is little more than a quality bus, and thus not really worth the expense.

Odense

A majority of the city council in Odense has approved first stage of a light rail, now they just need to find 1,8 billion kroners.

http://www.fyens.dk/article/1789922:Odense--Ja-til-letbane-i-Odense

Odense

A majority of the city council in Odense has approved first stage of a light rail, now they just need to find 1,8 billion kroners.

http://www.fyens.dk/article/1789922:Odense--Ja-til-letbane-i-Odense

and another aticle from Letbane.dk about the Odense project. :banana:

http://letbaner.dk/nyheder/00362/

and an old photo in front of Odense station just to get us in the right mood.

http://i52.tinypic.com/20r4lg9.jpg

Odense

http://www.building-supply.dk/article/view/61299/undersogelse_baner_vejen_for_letbane_i_odense

http://i51.tinypic.com/rr1dah.jpg


Well this must surely a positive sign.

http://i56.tinypic.com/23sg100.jpg

I did not notice the Odense Light Rail thread when I posted an link on the Funen projects thread.
I´ll repeat it now.

It is interesting reading and there appears to be a reasonable chance of it being built.

http://www.byenudafboksen.dk/files/pdf/letbane_baggrundsrapport.pdf

and the 2 planned routes:

http://i55.tinypic.com/2pz03d2.jpg