The Fredericia–Padborg railway line ( da, Fredericia-Padborg-banen) is a long
railway line in
Denmark which runs through the
historical region of
Southern Jutland between the city of
Fredericia and the
German border at
Padborg.
[ Being one of the main arteries of the Danish railway network, the ]standard gauge
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...
and fully electrified railway line is double track
A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.
Overview
In the earliest days of railways in the United Kingdom, most lin ...
except for the section between and which is single track.[
The railway line constitutes the southernmost part of the ]East Jutland longitudinal railway line
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 fa ...
( da, Den Østjyske Længdebane), the through route along the east coast of the Jutland Peninsula from the port city of Frederikshavn in North Jutland to the German border at Padborg, where it connects to the Flensburg–Padborg railway line and the German railway network.[
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Stations
* , connection with the Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov railway line to Copenhagen and the Fredericia–Aarhus railway line
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 in East Jutland. It constitutes a section of the E ...
to 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 ...
* , connection with the Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov railway line
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* , starting point of the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line to
* , border station until 1920
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* , starting point of the Tinglev–Sønderborg railway line to
* , border station from 1920, connection with the Flensburg–Padborg railway line to
See also
* List of railway lines in Denmark
Denmark has more than of railway lines, of which most are under the control of Banedanmark; a number of private railways run their own lines.
Banedanmark lines
* Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov
* Copenhagen-Ringsted
* Ringsted–Rødby Fær ...
* Rail transport in Denmark
The rail transport system in Denmark consists of 2,633 km of railway lines, of which the Copenhagen S-train network, the main line Helsingør- Copenhagen- Padborg (at the German border), and the Lunderskov-Esbjerg line are electrified. M ...
* History of rail transport in Denmark :''This article is part of the history of rail transport by country series''
The history of rail transport in Denmark began in 1847 with the opening of a railway line between Copenhagen and Roskilde. The Kiel- Altona line in Holstein was completed ...
* Denmark–Germany border
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External links
Banedanmark
– government agency
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responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
DSB
– national Danish train operating company
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Danske Jernbaner
– website with information on railway history in Denmark
Railway lines in Denmark
Rail transport in the Region of Southern Denmark
Railway lines opened in 1864
Railway lines opened in 1866
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