A fallen overhead line near Copenhagen central station caused chaos on Tuesday with almost all trains east of Odense cancelled.
Regional trains, intercity trains and international trains to Germany and Sweden were all affected at time of writing, with the issue starting just as people were leaving work on Tuesday afternoon. State-owned railway DSB recommends that all passengers check Rejseplanen for alternative routes.
Commuter trains, known as S-trains, are not affected, and neither is the Copenhagen metro.
DSB told public broadcaster DR at around 7pm that rail replacement buses would be running between Helsingør and Klampenborg, and Høje-Taastrup and Roskilde, from around 8pm. The company wrote on its website that it will not be possible to put in rail replacement buses on all routes.
At around 8pm Nicolai Smidt Sigsgaard, the deputy CEO of Banedanmark, a governmental body under the ministry of transport, told DR that it would start to run a select number of trains between Roskilde and Klampenborg, and Odense and Copenhagen, to test the system. He warned, however, that this is “a long way off normal service”.
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DSB’s head of information, Tony Bispeskov, said on Tuesday evening that issues were likely to carry on into Wednesday.
“There will be changes to departures tomorrow, but we don’t know yet what they will be or which departures they will affect,” he said.
If you are delayed by half an hour or more you’re covered by DSB’s travel time guarantee, meaning that you are entitled to compensation, with the total amount varying depending on how delayed you are. You can apply for compensation on the DSB website.