Odense Letbane Municipality of Odense, the Danish state and the Region of Southern Denmark. The planned second line consists of 7.5 kilometers of tracks with a budget of 1.9 billion Danish krone. The City Council has decided to work towards establishing a second line. However, there is no construction regulation or co-financing from the Danish state at the moment (August 2018). The tramway in Odense was suggested for the first time in 2008 by the former and late mayor Jan Boye. Since then the municipality of Odense and the region of Southern Denmark have been working with the project, which was unanimously
Odense early 20th century. The 1901 census recorded 40,138 people, growing to 47,224 in 1911, 61,969 in 1921 and 87,090 in 1935. During the Second World War, the population passed the 100,000 mark, reaching 103,107 in 1945. It continued to grow in the post war years, with 120,570 recorded in 1955 and 133,384 in 1965; the city reached a population of 139,490 people in 1970, a time when it was developing as a university city after Odense University was established in 1966. Residents began to move out of the centre into the suburban areas which were included in Odense Municipality after