approach would be to divided the contracts for the civil works into packages worth between €30 million and €200 million. In July 2012, civil engineering firm MT Højgaard was awarded a contract for the construction of four road bridges and railway bridges near Vallensbaek and Brøndby, while Aarsleff Rail was contracted by Rail Net Denmark to construct 12 bridges between Ishøj and Greve in January 2013. During June 2013, a consortium of Barslund and CG Jensen received a contract for the construction of a bridge on Brondby Østervej, as well as a railway tunnel near Holbækmotorvejen, and a pass through Vestvolden. On 12September 2012, a ceremony officiated by the then-Minister for Transport Henrik Dam Kristensen was held to mark the commencement of construction activity on the new line; at the occasion, much fanfare was made of the improvements to international travel that it promised to enable once completed. In September 2016 was started the construction of the new Køge Nord Station. Minister Hans Christian Schmidt also started tracklaying beginning in Ringsted this time. It was finished in time in May 2017. In parallel in January 2017 was started redesign of Ringsted station infrastructure. Some 16km tracks were reconstructed and 24 turnouts implemented. In May 2017 started final construction with provision of catenary and signalling equipment. Because of difficulties in provision of ETCS onboard equipment to the trains some replanning has happened. So there was a need for additional installation of deprecated ATC equipment, which caused a further delay of opening. So it is able to pass initially only 1 train per hour the new line. The speed is permitted in ATC to , while trainsets with ETCS Level2 may take usage of construction speed. ATC will be obsoleted with ETCS installation in trains, in worst case lasting until 2023. As designed, the total capacity of the new line was planned to be 24 trains per hour per direction, but this number is far larger than the current capacity of Copenhagen Central Station, which is ca. 17 trains arriving from west per hour. In August 2018 construction phase was finished, electricity switched on in mid-August and testing with rolling stock was started at the end of August. Opening The line was inaugurated on 31 May 2019; Crown Prince Frederik was guest of honour as the new high-speed rail track was opened by national rail infrastructure company Banedanmark. The track has been