A snowstorm paralyzes traffic and transport in Denmark: flights canceled and buses and trains widely suspended.

According to local sources, the following are the main effects of the snowstorm currently hitting Denmark and the most important recommendations:

• An official recommendation is to avoid travel between 14:00 and 18:00 due to winter holiday traffic congestion and poor road conditions.
• Rescue companies are under considerable pressure due to skidding accidents and stuck vehicles.
• Some streets in Copenhagen were disrupted due to snow accumulation and insufficient removal.

Additional recommendations for transportation and travel

• An official recommendation is to avoid travel between 14:00 and 18:00 due to winter holiday traffic congestion and poor road conditions.
• Rescue companies are under considerable pressure due to skidding accidents and stuck vehicles.
• Some streets in Copenhagen were disrupted due to snow accumulation and insufficient removal.

Air traffic

• Flight cancellations have begun to appear at Copenhagen Airport, and among the most prominent destinations whose flights have been cancelled are: Paris, Berlin, and Zurich.
• Most other flights were affected by lengthy delays from Thursday evening and throughout the night due to de-icing of aircraft and delays in preparing runways.
• Aalborg Airport: Flights are continuing with obvious delays, but no widespread cancellations have been recorded so far.
• Airlines are asking passengers to monitor flight status live and head to the airport early due to road conditions.

Train and metro traffic

• The number of trains was reduced following coordination between Banedanmark and DSB as a result of weather forecasts.
• Flights will be reduced, particularly between Copenhagen and Helsingør, and Copenhagen and Kalundborg.
• The S-tog train network within the capital is operating with sporadic delays and cancellations.
• Copenhagen Metro (M1 and M2) is operating with delays due to malfunctions in the doors of some external stations as a result of snow accumulation and freezing.

Buses and internal transport

• Copenhagen: Most buses are temporarily stopped and returned to the garages until the morning, and some until noon, with a complete halt to line 5C.
• Aarhus and Horsens: Complete halt to city buses.
• Jürgensland: Bus services almost completely halted.
• Eastern Denmark: Emergency cancellation and diversion of lines within the Movia network.
• Phone: A large number of flights have been cancelled and there are significant delays on operating routes.
• Flextrafik services were severely affected.
• Aarhus Letbane tram service is completely out of service.

Roads and traffic accidents

• Several accidents on highways Friday morning led to partial lane closures, most notably:
  – E20 between Middelfart and Odense: One lane closed and one lane remains open.
  – E45 between Horsens and Aarhus Syd: Closure of the right and middle lanes.
  – E47 near Køge: A vehicle has broken down in the left lane.
  – Vestmotorvejen from Ringsted towards Køge: an accident that can be avoided with caution.
  – E47 near Sakskøbing towards Farø: Lane closure.
  – E47 towards Gladsaxe: Closure of Motorring 3 entrance from Roskildevej.
  – E45 from Hobro towards Aalborg: Road closed due to an accident.
• Øresund Bridge: A parked vehicle disrupted traffic.
• A large number of vehicles were reported stuck in the snow, especially in Funen, in addition to cars and trucks stuck inside Copenhagen.

shipping

• Ferry traffic is continuing almost normally and has not been significantly affected.

Road and weather conditions affecting traffic and public transport

Snowdrifts have re-covered roads that were previously cleared, particularly in Nordfyn.

Temperatures will be between -4 and +1 degrees Celsius on Friday morning, with a heat feel as low as -10 degrees due to strong easterly winds.

Bornholm: Dangerous ice formations due to freezing rain and cars have been reported to have gone off the road.

Køge Bugt: Parts of the coastal waters freeze and snow accumulates on top of them.