At the meeting, the Board received an update on the COVID-19 crisis and its economic and passenger-related consequences for the Metro. Against this backdrop, the Board discussed how Metroselskabet can best work to restore growth and get passengers back on the Metro within the framework set by the COVID-19 restrictions on the company's operations.

"We are entering a period in which restrictions and limitations are likely to continue and in which they may change in unknown directions and at unknown speeds. This places great demands on our handling of the situation and our efforts to bring customers back and restore growth. In this work, Metroselskabet must ensure that all our passengers can rightly feel safe," says Metroselskabet's Chairman of the Board, Jørn Neergaard Larsen.

The board decided to change the company's commercial action plan for the rest of the strategy period (which runs from 2018 to 2022) so that the main focus will be on getting passengers back and restoring growth to bring passenger numbers in line with the passenger forecast. The changes will be made based on and in accordance with the authorities' guidelines.

The Board of Directors was also briefed on the preliminary study of metro service to Lynetteholmen, with a review of the three main proposals with status on route alignments, track type, station locations, and a number of other key findings. The briefing was a follow-up to the latest status report given at the Board meeting in January.

The parties behind the preliminary study are the City of Copenhagen, the Ministry of Transport, and the Municipality of Frederiksberg. In addition, By og Havn and the Danish Road Directorate are participating in the project's steering group. The results will be reported to the project's steering group at the end of May. Publication of the preliminary study and political consideration are expected after the summer holidays.

Finally, the board received a status update on the metro construction in Sydhavn. The board noted that the second tunnel boring machine (Olivia) broke through to Sluseholmen on May 27. The first machine (Inge) arrived at Sluseholmen on April 8 and is now continuing to drill towards Mozarts Plads.