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Then, they were picked up and moved back to Enghave Brygge, where they holed the last tunnel section to the Havneholmen metro station.<br \/>\nBy linking the southern part of Copenhagen to the metro system, the 4.5km Sydhavn extension of the M4 line is going to contain five new stations (also linked to the M3 Cityringen) from Havneholmen to the terminus at Ny Ellebjerg.<br \/>\nanticipated to open by 2024, the new US$566m M4 Sydhavn extension is part of a line that is going to connect through to the inner city and ends in the Nordhavn extension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last tunnelling breakthrough on building Copenhagen\u2019s M4 Sydhavn metro extension took place lately when Chinese-built machine bored through at Havneholmen station. After tunnelling for 15 months, TBM Olivia broke through right after sister TBM Inge. 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