Saturday, June 22, saw the expansion of Copenhagen’s Metro line M4 by almost six kilometers and five new stations, as King Frederik officially inaugurated the new sections. The ceremony took place at Mozart’s Square metro station and was marked with festivities such as a flea market, food stalls, and live music from artists like eee gee and Peter Sommer.
The extension of the M4 line means that passengers can now travel from Orient Quay in Nordhavn to Sydhavn and Valby. The work has taken almost six years and has added five new stations: Havneholmen, Enghave Brygge, Sluseholmen, Mozart’s Square, and Copenhagen South. Until now, M4 has been running between Orient Quay and Copenhagen H.
Carsten Riis, CEO of the Metro Company, expressed great joy and pride in the new extension. “With five new metro stations, passengers have even more opportunities to easily and quickly get around the city. Public transport is even more closely linked with the metro, buses, S-trains, and regional trains,” he said in a press release.
The new extension allows for transfers to metro line M3 at six stations and to M1 and M2 at one station. In addition, passengers can transfer between the metro and S-trains at eight stations and to regional trains at six stations. According to the Metro Company, passengers can now travel between Copenhagen South and City Hall Square in about ten minutes, which previously took around 35 minutes by bus.
The new stretch is 5.7 kilometers long and has cost nearly ten billion Danish kroner. The total metro network now includes 44 stations and 43 kilometers of track. From 2030, the five new stations are expected to have around eight million annual passengers. In the first years after opening, however, passenger numbers are expected to be lower as it takes time for people to get used to a new line. Overall, it is expected that more than 135 million passengers will use the Metro in 2024.