Copenhagen–Ringsted Line Copenhagen–Ringsted Line The Copenhagen–Ringsted line is a railway under construction on Zealand, Denmark, connecting Copenhagen via Køge with Ringsted. Supporting speeds of up to 250 km/h for passenger trains as well as a maximum of 24 trains per hour along its length; once completed, it is to become the first high-speed railway in Denmark. The line is expected to be inaugurated during May 2019. The construction of the Copenhagen–Ringsted Line was largely as a consequence of the conventional Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line between the Danish cities of Copenhagen and Ringsted having become highly congested. During 1999, the first proposals for the route,
History of Copenhagen a fairly wide area. In the 12th century Copenhagen assumed increasing importance and the town was reinforced with earthworks. The Roman Catholic Church erected cathedrals in Roskilde and in Lund (in what is now Sweden), which laid the basis for further development in those regional centres. As Copenhagen was midway between the two cities, it was centrally located for traffic and trading. The earliest written mention of the town dates back to the 12th century, when Saxo Grammaticus in Gesta Danorum refers to it as "Portus Mercatorum", which translates into Merchants' Harbour or in the Danish of the time "Købmannahavn".