DSB takes over the S-train tracks, and noise rules are changed
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af jernbaneloven og lov om DSB (Fremtidens S-bane, støj fra jernbaneaktiviteter, ekspropriation m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- DSB must manage the railway infrastructure on the S-train.
- The Minister for Transport can designate certain workplaces and fixed work bases where the noise rules in the Environmental Protection Act will not apply.
- Instead, special noise rules apply here: no upper noise limit during the day and evening, but at night no more than 70 dB.
- When: The Act entered into force on 1 January 2026.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Formålet med lovforslaget er at skabe det lovmæssige grundlag for projektet Fremtidens S-bane med fuldautomatiseret drift samt at modernisere og forenkle reglerne på jernbaneområdet. Forslaget lægger op til, at DSB overtager ansvaret som infrastrukturforvalter for S-banen, mens Banedanmark fortsat skal kunne udføre tekniske opgaver efter særlig certificering fra Trafikstyrelsen. Lovforslaget lægger desuden op til, at det skal være muligt at undtage lokale og regionale jernbanestrækninger, herunder privatbaner, fra EU-regulering i højere grad end hidtil. Samtidig foreslås særskilte støjregler, der tillader visse fravigelser fra miljøbeskyttelseslovens grænser for at muliggøre nødvendig fornyelse og vedligeholdelse af jernbanen. Endelig foreslås det at indsætte en bestemmelse i lov om DSB, som bemyndiger DSB til at erhverve arealer og ejendomme til anlæg, drift og vedligeholdelse af S-banens infrastruktur. Samtidig konsekvensrettes lov om DSB i henhold til ovenstående formål. Loven foreslås at træde i kraft den 1. januar 2026.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 8 October 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 18 December 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 29 December 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- In force · 1 January 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet