Lokalbanen A/S (''The Local Railway'', abbreviated LB) was a

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railway company A railway company is a company within the rail industry. It can be a manufacturing firm or an rail transport operations, operator. Some railway companies operate both the trains and the track, while, particularly in the European Union, operation ...

responsible for train operation and related passenger services on five local railways north of

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. The company was formed in 2001, and merged with

Regionstog Regionstog A/S was a Danish railway company responsible for train operation on three private railway lines in Region Zealand: the Tølløse Line, the East Line and the Lolland Line. It was established in 2009 when Vestsjællands Lokalbaner A/ ...

A/S in 2015 to form the railway company

Lokaltog Lokaltog A/S ( en, Local Trains Ltd) is a Danish railway company responsible for train operation and related passenger services on nine local railways on the islands of Zealand, Lolland and Falster in Denmark. The company was formed on 1 July 2015 ...

A/S.

History

Owned by the

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(HUR), Lokalbanen was established in 2001 following HUR's acquisition of the share of the railway lines previously owned by the Danish state. The company headquarters were located in

Hillerød Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 35,357 (1 January 2022)Frederiksværkbanen (HFHJ),

Gribskovbanen The Gribskov Line or the Gribskov Railway ( da, Gribskovbanen, GDS) is a local passenger railway line in North Zealand north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The line runs north from Hillerød through the Gribskov forest and splits into two branches to th ...

(GDS), Hornbækbanen (HHGB), Nærumbanen (LNJ) and Østbanen (ØSJS), from which it took over operation in May 2002. All companies were subsequently closed. Ownership of the trains and infrastructure from the companies is now the responsibility of

Hovedstadens Lokalbaner Hovedstadens Lokalbaner () is a Danish company which owns the trains and tracks of several local railways around Copenhagen: Frederiksværkbanen, Gribskovbanen, Hornbækbanen, Lille Nord, Nærumbanen and Østbanen. It leases trains and trackage ...

(HL), from which Lokalbanen leased its trains; all HL lines were run by LB. DK 2012 Hovedstadens Lokalbaner

Railway lines

Rolling stock

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company website (danish language)
2001 establishments in Denmark 2015 disestablishments in Denmark Companies based in Hillerød Municipality Defunct railway companies of Denmark Hovedstadens Lokalbaner Railway companies established in 2001 Railway companies disestablished in 2015 {{Denmark-transport-stub

History

Railway lines

Rolling stock

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