Langå–Struer railway line

Langå–Struer Line
Langå–Struer Line
	An Arriva LINT train near Viborg station
Overview
Native name	Langå-Struer-banen
Owner	Banedanmark
Termini	Langå station; Struer station;
Stations	10
Service
Type	Railway
System	Danish railway
Operator(s)	Arriva; DSB
History
Opened	Langå-Viborg: 21 July 1863; Viborg-Skive: 17 October 1864; Skive-Struer: 17 November 1865
Technical
Line length	102.4 kilometres (63.6 mi)
Number of tracks	Single
Character	Passenger trains; Freight trains
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	120 km/h
Route map
	Legend
	Aarhus-Randers Line
	← Randers│Aarhus →
	Silkeborg-Kjellerup-
	Rødkjærsbro Line
	Herning-Viborg Line
	to Herning
	Mariager-Faarup-Viborg Line
	to Mariager
	Himmerlandsbanerne
	to Aalestrup
	Salling Line
	to Glyngøre
	Vestsalling Line
	to Spøttrup
	West Jutland Line
	to Holstebro
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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[edit]

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[edit]

Regional trains[edit]

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

InterCity service[edit]

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

Stations[edit]

Langå (Lg)
Ulstrup (Up)
Bjerringbro (Bj)
Rødkærsbro
Viborg (Vg)
Sparkær (Sp)
Stoholm (Sm)
Højslev (Hø)
Skive (Sk)
Vinderup (Vp)
Struer (Str)

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

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

Bibliography[edit]

Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
Jensen, Niels (1979). Midtjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03904-3.

External links[edit]

(in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
(in Danish) DSB – largest Danish train operating company
(in Danish) Arriva – British multinational public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
(in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark

[HistorienomArriva-1] "Historien om Arriva Tog i Danmark" (in Danish). Arriva. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

[FOOTNOTEJensen19797–9-2] Jensen 1979, p. 7–9.

[TIB-3] "Line information (TIB)" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[FOOTNOTEJensen19797-4] Jensen 1979, p. 7.

[FOOTNOTEJensen19799-5] Jensen 1979, p. 9.

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