The Skanderborg–Skjern railway line ( da, Skanderborg–Skjern–banen) is a long

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 ...

single track railway line in Denmark which runs between the cities of Skanderborg and Skjern in

Central Jutland The Central Denmark Region ( da, Region Midtjylland), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid Jutland, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish mu ...

, Denmark. The railway opened in sections. The section from Skanderborg to Silkeborg opened in 1871, the section from Silkeborg to

Herning Herning () is a Danish town in the Central Denmark Region of the Jutland peninsula. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 50,565 (1 January 2022)Herning Herning () is a Danish town in the Central Denmark Region of the Jutland peninsula. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 50,565 (1 January 2022)Skjern in 1881. The line is owned and maintained by Rail Net Denmark and served with

passenger train A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line. These trains may consist of unpowered passenger railroad cars (also known as coaches or carriages) hauled by one or more locomotives, or may be self-propelled; self pr ...

s by the railway company Arriva.

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External links

Banedanmark

Arriva

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* Railway lines in Denmark Railway lines opened in 1871 Railway lines opened in 1877 Railway lines opened in 1881 1871 establishments in Denmark 1877 establishments in Denmark 1881 establishments in Denmark Rail transport in the Central Denmark Region {{Denmark-transport-stub