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Aarhus–Randers Line
Aarhus–Randers Line
	The Aarhus–Randers railway line at Hadsten station
Overview
Native name	Aarhus–Randers banen
Status	Active
Owner	Banedanmark
Termini	Aarhus Central Station; Randers station;
Stations	5
Service
Type	Main line
System	Danish railways
Operator(s)	DSB; Arriva
History
Opened	2 September 1862
Technical
Line length	59.2 kilometres (36.8 mi)
Number of tracks	Double
Character	Passenger trains; Freight trains
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph)
Route map of the Aarhus–Randers–Aalborg Line
Route map of the Aarhus–Randers–Aalborg Line

The Aarhus–Randers railway line (Danish: Aarhus-Randers Jernbane) is a 59.2 km (36.8 mi)^[1] long standard gauge, double track railway line in Denmark which runs between the cities of Aarhus and Randers in East Jutland. It constitutes a section of the East Jutland longitudinal railway line (Danish: Den Østjyske Længdebane), the through route along the east coast of the Jutland Peninsula from the German border at Padborg to the port city of Frederikshavn in North Jutland.

The railway opened in 1862.^[3] The line is owned and maintained by Rail Net Denmark^[1] and served with passenger trains by the Danish State Railways (DSB) and Arriva.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Line information (TIB)" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
^ "Hastighed på Banedanmarks jernbanenet" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark, 27 November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^ Jensen 1972, p. 17-19.

Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
Jensen, Niels (1978). Østjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03852-7.