Langå–Struer railway line

The Langå–Struer railway line (Danish: Langå-Struer banen) is a 102.4 km (63.6 mi) long standard-gauge single-track railway line in Denmark which runs through the central Jutland region between Langå and Struer.^[3]

Langå–Struer Line
An Arriva LINT train near Viborg station
Overview
Native name	Langå-Struer-banen
Owner	Banedanmark
Termini	Langå station Struer station
Stations	10
Service
Type	Railway
System	Danish railway
Operator(s)	Arriva[1] DSB
History
Opened	Langå-Viborg: 21 July 1863 (1863-07-21) Viborg-Skive: 17 October 1864 (1864-10-17) Skive-Struer: 17 November 1865 (1865-11-17)[2]
Technical
Line length	102.4 kilometres (63.6 mi)[3]
Number of tracks	Single
Character	Passenger trains Freight trains
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	120 km/h[3]
Route map Legend Langå Aarhus-Randers Line ← Randers│Aarhus → Åbro Ulstrup Bjerringbro Tange Rødkærsbro Silkeborg-Kjellerup- Rødkjærsbro Line to Silkeborg Rindsholm Herning-Viborg Line to Herning Mariager-Faarup-Viborg Line to Mariager Viborg Himmerlandsbanerne to Aalestrup Ravnstrup Sparkær Stoholm Søby Højslev Skive Salling Line to Glyngøre & Vestsalling Line to Spøttrup Estvad siding Rønbjerg Hvidemose Vinderup Handbjerg West Jutland Line to Holstebro Struer Thy Line to Thisted This diagram: view talk edit

The section from Langå to Viborg opened in 1863, the section from Viborg to Skive in 1864 and the section from Skive to Struer in 1865.^[2] The line is owned and maintained by Rail Net Denmark and served with intercity trains by the Danish State Railways (DSB) and regional trains by Arriva.^[1]

History

Langå Station in 1912.

The Langå-Struer Line was the second railway line to open in Northern Jutland after the Aarhus–Randers line which opened in 1862.

The line was constructed by the civil engineering partnership Peto, Brassey and Betts for the Danish state. The section from Langå to Viborg opened on 21 July 1863.^[4] The section from Viborg to Skive opened on 17 October 1864 and the section from Skive to Struer on 17 November 1865.^[5] The construction was influenced by the Second Schleswig War in 1864 which delayed the opening of the sections west of Viborg.^[2]

In 2003, operation of the regional rail services on the Langå-Struer Line were transferred from DSB to the public transport company Arriva.^[1]

Operations

Regional trains

The railway company Arriva runs frequent regional train services from Aarhus Central Station to Struer station.^[1]

InterCity service

The Danish State Railways (DSB) operates two daily InterCity connections between Copenhagen and Struer.

Stations

• Langå (Lg)
• Ulstrup (Up)
• Bjerringbro (Bj)
• Rødkærsbro
• Viborg (Vg)
• Sparkær (Sp)
• Stoholm (Sm)
• Højslev (Hø)
• Skive (Sk)
• Vinderup (Vp)
• Struer (Str)

See also

• List of railway lines in Denmark

References

Notes

1. "Historien om Arriva Tog i Danmark" (in Danish). Arriva. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
2. Jensen 1979, p. 7–9.
3. "Line information (TIB)" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
4. Jensen 1979, p. 7.
5. Jensen 1979, p. 9.

Bibliography

• Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
• Jensen, Niels (1979). Midtjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03904-3.

External links

• (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
• (in Danish) DSB – largest Danish train operating company
• (in Danish) Arriva – British multinational public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
• (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark