The Fredericia–Aarhus railway line ( da, Fredericia–Aarhus Jernbane) is a long standard-gauge double-track railway line in Denmark which runs between the cities of Fredericia and

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...

East Jutland East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

. It constitutes a section of the East Jutland longitudinal railway line ( da, Den Østjyske Længdebane), the through route along the east coast of the Jutland Peninsula from the German border at

Padborg Padborg (german: Pattburg) is a southern Danish border town with a population of 4,311 (1 January 2022)Frederikshavn Frederikshavn () is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland, on the northeast coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. Its name translates to "Frederik's harbor". It was originally named Fladstrand. The town h ...

in North Jutland. The railway opened in 1868. The line is owned and maintained by Rail Net Denmark and served with passenger trains by the railway companies

DSB DSB may refer to: Science, technology and devices * DsbA, a bacterial member of the Dsb (disulfide bond) family of enzymes * Double strand break, a break in both DNA strands, part of DNA repair * in telecommunications, double-sideband transmission ...

and Arriva.

Future

As part of plans for

high-speed rail in Denmark The first high-speed railway in Denmark was the Copenhagen–Ringsted Line, completed in late 2018 and opened in 2019. Further high-speed lines are currently under planning. As a part of a long-term green plan for transportation in Denmark in De ...

, a new section of track between

Hovedgård Hovedgård is a town in East Jutland with a population of 2,327 (2023), located in the Central Jutland Region, part of Horsens Municipality. The town is located in Ørridslev Parish. Previously, Hovedgård was a railway town between Skanderbo ...

and

Hasselager Hasselager is a small suburban area in the south-western part of Aarhus in Denmark. It is about 8 km from the city center and has approximately 7.437 (2018) residents, mostly of Danish heritage. Hasselager has largely merged with neighbouring ...

, bypassing

Skanderborg Skanderborg is a town in Skanderborg municipality, Denmark. It is situated on the north and north eastern brinks of Skanderborg Lake and there are several smaller ponds and bodies of water within the city itself, like Lillesø, Sortesø, Døj S� ...

, is planned.

References

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Banedanmark
–

government agency A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administrati ...

responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
DSB
– largest Danish

train operating company A train operating company (TOC) is a business operating Passenger Trains, passenger trains on the Rail transport in Great Britain, railway system of Great Britain under the collective National Rail brand. TOCs have existed since the Privatisation ...

Arriva
– British multinational

public transport Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typical ...

company operating bus and train services in Denmark
Danske Jernbaner
– website with information on railway history in Denmark
Line information (TIB)
from

Banedanmark Banedanmark (; previously Banestyrelsen) is a Denmark, Danish company that is responsible for the maintenance and traffic control on all of the state owned Rail transport in Denmark, Danish railway network. History In 1997, Banedanmark came into ...

Railway lines in Denmark Rail transport in the Central Denmark Region Rail transport in the Region of Southern Denmark Railway lines opened in 1868 1868 establishments in Denmark {{Europe-rail-transport-stub