F is the service designation for trains on the ring line of

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network. It runs from about 05:00 to 01:00 from Ny Ellebjerg to Hellerup.

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run every 5 minutes between about 7:00 and 19:00, Monday through Friday, and every 10 minutes on weekends, early mornings and late evenings/nights. On Friday and Saturday nights there is also a 30 minutes service throughout the night. In 2024 this line is planned to become driverless and with

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model.

History

See

Ringbanen Ringbanen (the "ring line") is an S-train line in Copenhagen. Its route is roughly semicircular, running around the central part of Copenhagen and connecting the S-train radials about 5 km out. Stations Service pattern Trains on the ring ...

for a fuller history.

Fx, M, F+

The ring line also has a history of supplementary services with other designations than F. At some times the variant service letters have been used to indicate which trains continued from Hellerup to

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. In other periods it has simply been because then-prevalent principles mandated that a single service letter such as F could not be used for more than exactly 3 trains an hour, so in parts of the day when more trains ran, extra services had to be invented. {, class=wikitable ! Name !! Southern end !! Years !! Northern end , - ! Fx ,

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in rush hours ! 1972–1979 , style="background:white" , terminated at Hellerup , - , colspan=4 style="background:white" align=center , no supplement 1979–1989 , - ! rowspan=3 , M ,

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! 1989–1998 , rowspan=3 style="background:white" , terminated at Hellerup , - , to Solbjerg (later renamed ''Fasanvej'') ! 1998–1999 , - , to

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! 2000–2001 , - ! rowspan=5 , F+ , to C.F. Richsvej (temporary station) ! 2002–2003 , rowspan=2 , Klampenborgbanen:
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in day hours , - , to Flintholm ! 2004 , - , rowspan=2 , to Gammel Køge Landevej (temporary station), all week/all day ! 2005 , to

daytime Sat-Sun , - ! 2006 , rowspan=2 , to

in daytime all week , - , to Ny Ellebjerg ! 2007 , - , colspan=4 style="background:white" align=center , Joined into F from September 2007 S-train (Copenhagen)