The border controls that were introduced in 2015 have been extended by six months at a time. From the beginning, they were performed on the platform at Kastrup. Nowadays the passport police board some trains at Hyllie station.
Reduces capacity
In the Tidöavtalet, the government and the Sweden Democrats write that border controls must be tightened, and that is why the Swedish Transport Administration is now looking at a more permanent solution in the form of a track. It writes News Øresund. One of these can be built either at Ollebo or at the toll station at Lernacken and would cost around 400 million.
This is not something that causes any happy faces in Scania. On the contrary. Øresundsbro Konsortiet has already contacted the Swedish Transport Administration and expressed its concern about the plans. A sticking track would mean that the trains had to reduce their speed to 80 km per hour. Along with the time the check takes, it would reduce capacity across the bridge. At the same time, the number of freight trains is expected to increase sharply when the Fehmarn Belt Tunnel between Germany and Denmark is inaugurated in 2029.
“The controls should be abolished”
Henrik Fritzon (S), second vice-chairman of Region Skåne’s board and board member of the Danish-Swedish Greater Copenhagen collaboration, is also very critical.
– The announcement that the Swedish Transport Administration is investigating a fixed location for border controls is disappointing. Investing in new tracks to make border controls permanent would be backwards. Instead, border controls should be abolished, he writes in a comment.
– The Öresund region is the Nordic region’s most urban border region with over four million inhabitants. Skåne’s labor market is integrated with Denmark. A return to completely open Nordic borders is therefore important for Skåne’s opportunity for development.
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