Langå–Struer railway line

Langå–Struer Line
An Arriva LINT train near Viborg station
Overview
Native nameLangå-Struer-banen
OwnerBanedanmark
Termini
Stations10
Service
TypeRailway
SystemDanish railway
Operator(s)Arriva[1]
DSB
History
OpenedLangå-Viborg: 21 July 1863 (1863-07-21)
Viborg-Skive: 17 October 1864 (1864-10-17)
Skive-Struer: 17 November 1865 (1865-11-17)[2]
Technical
Line length102.4 kilometres (63.6 mi)[3]
Number of tracksSingle
CharacterPassenger trains
Freight trains
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
ElectrificationNone
Operating speed120 km/h[3]
Route map

Legend
 Langå
Aarhus-Randers Line
← Randers│Aarhus →
 Åbro
Ulstrup
Bjerringbro
Tange
Rødkærsbro
Silkeborg-Kjellerup-
Rødkjærsbro Line
to Silkeborg
 Rindsholm
Herning-Viborg Line
to Herning
Mariager-Faarup-Viborg Line
to Mariager
Viborg
Himmerlandsbanerne
to Aalestrup
 Ravnstrup
Sparkær
Stoholm
Søby
Højslev
Skive
Salling Line
to Glyngøre
&
Vestsalling Line
to Spøttrup
Estvad siding
 Rønbjerg
Hvidemose
Vinderup
Handbjerg
West Jutland Line
to Holstebro
 Struer
Thy Line to Thisted
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The Langå–Struer railway line (Danish: Langå-Struer banen) is a 102.4 km (63.6 mi) long standard-gauge single-track railway line in Denmark which runs through the central Jutland region between Langå and Struer.[3]

The section from Langå to Viborg opened in 1863, the section from Viborg to Skive in 1864 and the section from Skive to Struer in 1865.[2] The line is owned and maintained by Rail Net Denmark and served with intercity trains by the Danish State Railways (DSB) and regional trains by Arriva.[1]

History

Langå Station in 1912.

The Langå-Struer Line was the second railway line to open in Northern Jutland after the Aarhus–Randers line which opened in 1862.

The line was constructed by the civil engineering partnership Peto, Brassey and Betts for the Danish state. The section from Langå to Viborg opened on 21 July 1863.[4] The section from Viborg to Skive opened on 17 October 1864 and the section from Skive to Struer on 17 November 1865.[5] The construction was influenced by the Second Schleswig War in 1864 which delayed the opening of the sections west of Viborg.[2]

In 2003, operation of the regional rail services on the Langå-Struer Line were transferred from DSB to the public transport company Arriva.[1]

Operations

Regional trains

The railway company Arriva runs frequent regional train services from Aarhus Central Station to Struer station.[1]

InterCity service

The Danish State Railways (DSB) operates two daily InterCity connections between Copenhagen and Struer.

Stations

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Historien om Arriva Tog i Danmark" (in Danish). Arriva. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Jensen 1979, p. 7–9.
  3. ^ a b c "Line information (TIB)" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  4. ^ Jensen 1979, p. 7.
  5. ^ Jensen 1979, p. 9.

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