Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line

The Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line is the Danish railway line between the capital, Copenhagen, and the Jutland peninsula by way of the islands of Zealand and Funen. It is administered by Banedanmark and has a length of about 220 kilometres (140 mi). Being one of the main arteries of the Danish railway network, it has double track and is fully electrified.

København – Fredericia / Taulov
The Copenhagen–Fredericia Line crossing the Great Belt by the Great Belt Bridge.
Overview
Termini
Service
TypeMain line
Operator(s)DSB
Railion
CFL Cargo[1]
Technical
Line length220.6 km (Fredericia branch)
222.6 km (Taulov branch)
Number of tracksDouble
Quadruple (Høje Taastrup–Roskilde)[2]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC
Operating speed160 km/h
180 km/h (certified multiple units only)[3]
Route map
km
Kystbanen
to Elsinore
0.0
 Copenhagen Central
Oresund Railway
to Peberholm
3.9
 Valby
Oresund Railway
to Peberholm
19.5
 Høje Taastrup
24.2
 Hedehusene
28.3
 Trekroner
31.3
 Roskilde
Roskilde–Køge–Næstved line
to Næstved
Kalundborgbanen
to Kalundborg
42.5
 Viby Sj
49.7
 Borup
Copenhagen–Ringsted Line
to Copenhagen
63.9
 Ringsted
Ringsted–Rødby Færge line
to Rødby Færge
78.3
 Sorø
92.9
 Slagelse
Tølløsebanen
to Høng
108.3
 Korsør
Great Belt Tunnel
ferry across
Great Belt strait
Great Belt Bridge
 Nyborg Færge
131.6
 Nyborg
146.7
 Langeskov
160.3
 Odense
Svendborgbanen
to Svendborg
169.1
 Holmstrup
Assensbanen
to Assens
175.5
 Tommerup
178.8
 Skalbjerg
181.1
 Bred
184.7
 Aarup
190.2
 Gelsted
194.8
 Ejby
200.1
 Nørre Aaby
204.3
 Kauslunde
210.4
 Middelfart
Little Belt Bridge
216.3
Snoghøj
220.1
6.1
Fredericia–Padborg line
220.6
 Fredericia
Fredericia–Aarhus line
to Århus
8.6
 Taulov
Fredericia–Padborg line
to Padborg
km

The line is composed of the railway line across Zealand (the West Line) and the main line across Funen (the Funen Main Line), both of which were built during the mid-19th century. Originally connected by the Great Belt ferries, these two lines were joined in 1997 by the Great Belt Fixed Link.

History

The first section of the railway line, the railway line from Copenhagen to Roskilde, opened on 26 June 1847 as the first railway line in the Kingdom of Denmark.[lower-alpha 1] It was built for the privately owned Det Sjællandske Jernbaneselskab (English: the Zealand Railway Company) by British engineering company William Radford. The railway line was prolonged from Roskilde to the port city of Korsør by the Great Belt in 1856.[5][6]

The railway line from Nyborg to Middelfart was inaugurated on 8 September 1865. It was built by Peto, Brassey and Betts. In Middelfart, passengers could catch the steam ferry to Snoghøj, Jutland. On 1 November 1866, the railway was extended from Middelfart to Strib. Denmark's first train ferry was introduced on Strib-Fredericia in 1872.

Connections to other lines
  • Being connected to Copenhagen, there are transfers to the S-train network, the Coast Line and the Oresund Railway.
  • Roskilde station is linked to the Northwest Line and the Little South Line).
  • The South Line joins the line at Ringsted (see also Fugleflugtslinjen).
  • Slagelse station is a terminus for the Tølløse Line, operated by regional trains.
  • The Svendborg Line starts at Odense station.
  • The Fredericia–Aarhus Line continues northward through Jutland at Fredericia station.
  • The Snoghøj–Taulov segment is a direct connection to the Fredericia–Padborg Line, avoiding the need to change direction at Fredericia.

See also

Notes
  1. The first railway line in the then Danish Monarchy was the Kiel-Altona railway line in the Duchy of Holstein which had been completed three years earlier. However, Holstein was later lost to the Kingdom of Prussia after the Second Schleswig War in 1864, and that railway line is today part of the German rail network.[4]

References

Citations
  1. "Togselskaber på statens jernbanenet" (in Danish). Banedanmark. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  2. "Sporantal". Archived from the original on 16 November 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  3. "TIB (Ø)". Archived from the original on 18 December 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  4. Jensen 1972, p. 11.
  5. Jensen 1972, p. 12-16.
  6. "Jernbanen KBH-Korsør" (in Danish). Kutlurstyrelsen. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

Bibliography
  • Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.

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