Odsherred Line

Odsherred Line
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Overview
Native name	Odsherredsbanen
Type	Railway
System	Danish railways
Status	15
Termini	Holbæk Nykøbing Sjælland
Stations	19
Operation
Owner	Hovedstadens Lokalbaner
Operator(s)	Lokaltog
Character	Commuter trains
Rolling stock	LINT 41
Technical
Line length	49.4 km
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	75 km/h

The Holbæk Line (Danish: Holbækbanen) is a 49.4 km (30.7 mi) long standard gauge single track local passenger railway line linking Holbæk with the town of Nykøbing Sjælland in the northwestern part of the island of Zealand some fifty km west of Copenhagen9, Denmark. It takes its name after the Odsherred peninsula.

History

The railway line was built as a result of the Danish Railway Act of 1894. It was created to strengthen the economic development in Odsherred following the reclamnation of Lammefjorden. The original intention was to build a station or halt in each of the civil parishes that contributed to its financing. Holbæk County Council was granted a Concession on the railway on6 May 1896. Construction began the following year and it opened on 18 May 1899. The operator was Odsherreds Jernbane (OHJ).

OHJ operated the railway until May 2003 when it merged with Høng-Tølløse Jernbane under the name Vestsjællands Lokalbaner and with headquarters in Holbæk. From 1 January 2009, the operations were taken over by Regionstog A/S and on 1 January 2015 it was merged with Lokalbanen under the name Lokaltog.

Stations

• Holbæk
• Stenhus
• Ny Hagested * Svinninge
• Hørve
• Fårevejle
• Asnæs
• Grevinge
• Vig
• Nørre Asmindrup
• Sommerland Sjælland
• Højby
• Nyled
• Nykøbing Sjælland

Samtlige stationsbygninger er tegnet af Heinrich Wenck

See also

• Northwest Line (Denmark)

External links

• Lokaltog, official website