Denmark Transportation Profile 2012

Significant investments were made in the construction of road and rail links between Copenhagen and Malmo, Sweden (the Øresund Bridge), and between Zealand and Funen (the Great Belt Fixed Link). The Copenhagen Malmö Port was also established between the two cities as the common port for the cities of both countries.

The main railway operator is Danske Statsbaner (Danish Railways) for passenger services and DB Schenker Rail for freight trains. The tracks are maintained by Banedanmark. Copenhagen has a small subway system, and the greater Copenhagen has a vast network of suburban electrified railway.

National airline of Denmark (with Norway and Sweden), Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and Copenhagen Airport is the largest airport in the country and also the biggest hub in Scandinavia.

A ferry link to Faroe Islands is maintained by Smyril Line. Other international ferry services are mainly operated by DFDS (to Norway and the United Kingdom). Scandlines (to Germany and Sweden) Stena Line (to Norway and Sweden) Color Line (Norway) and FjordLine (Norway).

Private vehicles are increasingly used as a means of transportation. Because of the high registration fee (180%) and VAT (25%), and the world's highest rate of income tax, new cars are very expensive. The purpose of the tax is to discourage car owners. Whether a small fleet of cars is aging better than most modern fleet of vehicles is a matter of debate, however, that the fleet has increased by 45% over the past 30 years, the incidence of taxation High on the fleet size seems low.

In 2007, an attempt has been made by the government to promote environmentally friendly cars by reducing taxes on some vehicles with high mileage. However, this had little effect, and in 2008 Denmark has increased the import of fuel inefficient old cars (mostly older than 10 years), primarily from Germany as their costs, including Taxes keep these cars in the budgets of many Danes.

Denmark is in a strong position in terms of integration of fluctuating energy sources and unpredictable as the wind in the grid. It is this knowledge that Denmark now aims to operate in the transport sector with emphasis on systems Smart Battery (V2G) and plug-in vehicles