Nærumbanen is a short
railway line
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in the northern suburbs of
Copenhagen
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which serves mainly local neighborhoods in
Kongens Lyngby
Kongens Lyngby (, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping street and the site ...
in
Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality
Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality (occasionally spelled Lyngby-Tårbæk, ) is a municipality () in the Capital Region of Denmark near Copenhagen on the eastern coast of the island of Zealand (). It is part of the Greater Copenhagen area. The municipali ...
and
Nærum
Nærum () is a suburban district in Rudersdal Municipality in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Quartered by the Helsingør Motorway running north–south and Skodsborgvej running east–west, Nærum is bounded by Jægersborg Heg ...
in
Rudersdal municipality
Rudersdal Municipality () is a part suburban, part rural municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') located on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 73 km² and has a population of 57,342 (1. January 2025). The distance ...
. It is currently operated by the
railway company
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* a manufacturing company,
* a rail transport operations, railway undertaking providing services through operating rolling stock,
* a railway infrastructure manager ...
Lokaltog
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A/S.
Lokaltog runs frequent light trains that connect to the
S-train
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system at
Jægersborg
Jægersborg is a suburban neighbourhood in Gentofte Municipality, some 12 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark.
History
The whole area was from at least 1401 a royal estate known as Ibstrup (the earliest sources refer to it as Jepsto ...
.
Nærumbanen, or Jægersborg-Nærum Railway, is a local railway, originally between
Lyngby
Kongens Lyngby (, Danish language, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping stre ...
and
Vedbæk
Vedbæk is a wealthy suburban neighbourhood on the coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It belongs to Rudersdal Municipality and has merged with the town of Hørsholm to the north. The area has been inhabited for at least 7,000 years, as evidenced ...
, now between
Jægersborg
Jægersborg is a suburban neighbourhood in Gentofte Municipality, some 12 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark.
History
The whole area was from at least 1401 a royal estate known as Ibstrup (the earliest sources refer to it as Jepsto ...
and
Nærum
Nærum () is a suburban district in Rudersdal Municipality in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Quartered by the Helsingør Motorway running north–south and Skodsborgvej running east–west, Nærum is bounded by Jægersborg Heg ...
. The course runs through scenic areas by
Mølleåen
Mølleåen, also Mølleå, sometimes translated as the Millstream, is a small river in North Zealand, Denmark, which runs from the west of Bastrup Sø near Lynge to the Øresund between Taarbæk and Skodsborg. The valley contains several coun ...
. During
rush hour
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s the train runs every 10 minutes and most other times it runs every 20 minutes.
History
The railway opened as ''Lyngby-Vedbæk railway'' in 1900 with an aim of serving the industries that had settled in the
Mølleå valley to exploit the hydraulic power of the Mølleå. In the early years the railway moved freight for these customers, but today it has been a passenger-only railway for many years.
The northern half of the railway between Nærum and
Vedbæk
Vedbæk is a wealthy suburban neighbourhood on the coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It belongs to Rudersdal Municipality and has merged with the town of Hørsholm to the north. The area has been inhabited for at least 7,000 years, as evidenced ...
quickly proved unprofitable and was abandoned in 1923. In 1936 the southern terminus in
Lyngby
Kongens Lyngby (, Danish language, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping stre ...
was moved to
Jægersborg
Jægersborg is a suburban neighbourhood in Gentofte Municipality, some 12 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark.
History
The whole area was from at least 1401 a royal estate known as Ibstrup (the earliest sources refer to it as Jepsto ...
. The
Nærum
Nærum () is a suburban district in Rudersdal Municipality in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Quartered by the Helsingør Motorway running north–south and Skodsborgvej running east–west, Nærum is bounded by Jægersborg Heg ...
end of the line was shortened a bit in 1954 due to the construction of the
Helsingør motorway.
Stations
Operations
Trains on the Nærum Line are operated by the
railway company
A rail transport company is a company active within the rail industry. It can be:
* a manufacturing company,
* a rail transport operations, railway undertaking providing services through operating rolling stock,
* a railway infrastructure manager ...
Lokaltog
Lokaltog A/S () is a Denmark, 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 as a merger ...
.
Despite being a single-track railway,
Lokaltog
Lokaltog A/S () is a Denmark, 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 as a merger ...
operates an ambitious timetable on the Nærum Line with a 20-minute frequency most of the day. Trains pass each other at Fuglevad and Ørholm. All trains are
Siemens
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RegioSprinter
The RegioSprinter is a German diesel railcar built by Siemens-Duewag for rapid regional railway services. Originally the RegioSprinter was designated as a Regional Combustion-engined Railbus (''Regional-Verbrennungstriebwagen'' or ''RVT'') by Duew ...
light diesel units.
References
External links
Lokaltogwww.naerumbanen.dk at the Wayback Machine*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Naerumbanen
Rail transport in Copenhagen
Hovedstadens Lokalbaner
Railway lines in Denmark