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Aarhus Letbane I/S

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Type
Metro corporation — interessentskab owned 50/50 by Aarhus Kommune and Region Midtjylland (the state left the ownership on 1 April 2015); owner and infrastructure manager of the Aarhus light rail and the Odder and Grenaa lines
Market · Region
European Union · Denmark
Open tenders
0
Technology areas
Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Predictive maintenance, Track & civil, Electrification, Digital operations

Owns and runs Denmark's first light rail, 110 km from Odder to Grenaa through Aarhus.

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Owns and runs Denmark's first light rail: 110 km from Odder in the south to Grenaa in the north-east through Aarhus, opened in December 2017 for an investment of DKK 4.3bn, extended to Odder in August 2018 and Grenaa in April 2019, carrying 6,052,728 passengers in 2025 (6,351,212 in 2024) and more than 20,000 a day. It maintains the Grenaabanen for Banedanmark under a horizontal cooperation agreement worth DKK 105m over ten years and ordered eight Stadler Citylink vehicles in December 2025.

Type
Metro corporation — interessentskab owned 50/50 by Aarhus Kommune and Region Midtjylland (the state left the ownership on 1 April 2015); owner and infrastructure manager of the Aarhus light rail and the Odder and Grenaa lines
Where
Denmark · Aarhus
Technology areas
Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Predictive maintenance, Track & civil, Electrification, Digital operations

Structure

  • operates for Banedanmark — Horizontal cooperation agreement under which Aarhus Letbane maintains the Grenaabanen for Banedanmark, over ten years from 1 June 2026 (active · since 2026-06-01)

Who holds what here

  • awarded Stadler — Eight Stadler Citylink light rail vehicles with an option for up to twelve more before 31 March 2028, in service from summer 2029 (active · since 2025-12-02)
  • awarded Keolis — Operation of the Aarhus light rail; Keolis Letbaner A/S was the operator as at September 2026 (active)
Sources for these relationships (6)
  • ● Aarhus Letbane I/S · Flere tog på vej til Aarhus Letbane — otte Stadler Citylink, option på tolv, i drift fra sommeren 2029 (published 2025-12-02 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Aarhus Letbane I/S · Vores organisation — ejerforhold og lovgrundlag (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● By-, Land- og Transportministeriet · Togkontrakter — de seks statslige og regionale togkontrakter (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Stadler · Media release: CITYLINK vehicles for Aarhus (published 2025-12-03 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice — Aarhus Letbane I/S, Open procedure for more Trains to Aarhus Letbane (published 2025-12-16 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice — Banedanmark, horisontal samarbejdsaftale med Aarhus Letbane I/S om vedligeholdelse af Grenaabanen (published 2026-05-22 · checked 2026-09-12)

Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
Aarhus Letbane Stadler Citylink eight option twelveAwarded$100–500mAwarded December 2025

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  • Award history (3)
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  • Published contacts (2)
  • Portals (3)

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12 sources · all primary
  • ● Aarhus Letbane I/S · Vores organisation — ejerforhold og lovgrundlag (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Aarhus Letbane I/S · Letbanens historie (åbning 2017, Odder 2018, Grenaa 2019, investering 4,3 mia. kr., 110 km) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Aarhus Letbane I/S · letbanen.dk — forside (110 km, over 20.000 passagerer dagligt) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Aarhus Letbane I/S · Letbanen i tal — passagertal (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Aarhus Letbane I/S · Letbanetog — 14 Variobahn og 12 Tango fra Stadler (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Aarhus Letbane I/S · Flere tog på vej til Aarhus Letbane — otte Stadler Citylink, option på tolv, i drift fra sommeren 2029 (published 2025-12-02 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Aarhus Letbane I/S · Udbud og indkøb — Byggeweb (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Aarhus Letbane I/S · Letbanen i tal (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Stadler · Media release: CITYLINK vehicles for Aarhus (published 2025-12-03 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Aarhus Kommune · Letbanens etape 2 fra Aarhus Midtby til Brabrand (beslutning udskudt 26. august 2026; passagerdrift 2037) (published 2026-08-31 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice — Aarhus Letbane I/S, Open procedure for more Trains to Aarhus Letbane (published 2025-12-16 · checked 2026-09-12)
  • ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice — Banedanmark, horisontal samarbejdsaftale med Aarhus Letbane I/S om vedligeholdelse af Grenaabanen (published 2026-05-22 · checked 2026-09-12)

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