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Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line

Coordinates: 55°27′33″N 11°55′14″E / 55.4593°N 11.9206°E / 55.4593; 11.9206
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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 TaastrupRoskilde)[2]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC
Operating speed160 km/h
180 km/h (certified multiple units only)[3]
Route map

km
0.0
Copenhagen Central
3.9
Valby
19.5
Høje Taastrup
24.2
Hedehusene
28.3
Trekroner
31.3
Roskilde
42.5
Viby Sj
49.7
Borup
63.9
Ringsted
78.3
Sorø
92.9
Slagelse
108.3
Korsør
ferry across
Great Belt strait
Nyborg Færge
131.6
Nyborg
146.7
Langeskov
160.3
Odense
169.1
Holmstrup
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
216.3
Snoghøj
220.1
6.1
220.6
Fredericia
8.6
Taulov
km

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.

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

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Early timetable of the Copenhagen–Roskilde railway line.

The first section of the railway line, the railway line from Copenhagen to Roskilde, opened in 1847 as the first railway line in the Kingdom of Denmark.[a] 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 ceremonially opened on 26 June 1847, and the following day the railway opened to regular traffic with three trains daily in each direction.[5] The Copenhagen–Roskilde railway line was prolonged from Roskilde to the port city of Korsør by the Great Belt in 1856.[6][7]

The railway line across the island of Funen from Nyborg by the Great Belt via Odense to Middelfart by the Little Belt opened in 1865.[8] It was built by the civil engineering partnership Peto, Brassey and Betts. The socalled Queen Louise's Railway was inaugurated on Queen Louise's 48th birthday the 7 September 1865, with regular traffic commencing the following day.[9] In Middelfart, passengers could catch the steam ferry across the Little Belt to Snoghøj in the Jutland peninsula. The following year, on 1 november 1866, a short branch line, the Middelfart–Strib railway line, opened from Middelfart to the harbour at Strib 5 kilometers north of Middelfart, from where there was connection via railway ferry across the Little Belt to Fredericia in Jutland.[10]

Poster from the inauguration of the Little Belt Bridge in 1935 by Sven Henriksen.

In 1935, with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge between Middelfart and Snoghøj, The Funen Main Line was connected directly to the railway network in Jutland at Fredericia.

Connections to other lines

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See also

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Notes

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  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

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Citations

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  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. 13.
  6. ^ Jensen 1972, p. 12-16.
  7. ^ "Jernbanen KBH-Korsør" (in Danish). Kutlurstyrelsen. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  8. ^ Jensen 1972, p. 28.
  9. ^ Jensen 1972, p. 28-29.
  10. ^ Jensen 1972, p. 31.

Bibliography

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