deflected by a swift response from the navy. On 5 June 2006, a maintenance vehicle burst into flames in the east-bound railway tunnel at about 21:30. Nobody was hurt; its crew of three fled to the other tunnel and escaped. The fire was put out shortly before midnight, and the vehicle was removed from the tunnel the next day. Train service resumed on 6 June at reduced speed, and normal service was restored on 12 June. On 2 January 2019, eight people were killed in a train accident on the West Bridge. A passenger train was hit by a semi-trailer that fell off a freight train travelling in the opposite direction. Operations In 2009, a study characterized the rail tunnel (together with other major projects like the Channel Tunnel between England and France) as financially non-viable. Gallery See also Fehmarn Belt fixed link Great Belt power link Little Belt Øresund Bridge List of road-rail bridges List of tallest structures in Denmark Notes External links Great Belt Bridge Great Belt bridge on bridge-info.org Great Belt Fixed Link is at coordinates Suspension bridges in Denmark Tunnels in Denmark Box girder bridges Road bridges in Denmark Railway tunnels in Denmark Railway bridges in Denmark Bridge–tunnels in Europe Road-rail bridges Toll bridges in Denmark Bridges completed in 1997 Tunnels completed in 1997 Bridges completed in 1998 Connections across the Baltic Sea Modernist architecture in Denmark Danish Culture Canon 1997 establishments in Denmark 1998 establishments in Denmark