Langå-Struer Line

Langå–Struer Line

An Arriva LINT train near Viborg station
Overview
Native name Langå-Struer-banen
Type Railway
System Danish railway
Termini Langå station
Struer station
Stations 10
Operation
Opened Langå-Viborg: 21 July 1863 (1863-07-21)
Viborg-Skive: October 17, 1864 (1864-10-17)
Skive-Struer: November 17, 1865 (1865-11-17)
Owner Banedanmark
Operator(s) Arriva
DSB
Character Passenger trains
Freight trains
Technical
Line length 102.4 kilometres (63.6 mi)[1]
Number of tracks Single
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification None
Operating speed 120 km/h[1]
Route map

Legend
 to Randers
 Langå
to Aarhus
 Åbro
 Ulstrup
 Bjerringbro
 Tange
 Rødkærsbro
to Silkeborg
 Rindsholm
to Herning
to Mariager

Viborg
to Aalestrup
 Ravnstrup
 Sparkær
 Stoholm
 Søby
 Højslev
 Skive
to Glyngøre/to Spøttrup
Estvad sidetrack
 Rønbjerg
 Hvidemose
 Vinderup
 Handbjerg
to Holstebro
 Struer
 to Thisted

The Langå-Struer Line or the Langå-Struer Railway (Danish: Langå-Struer banen) is a 102.4 km (63.6 mi)[1] long standard gauge single track railway line in Denmark which runs through the central Jutland region between Langå and Struer. 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. 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.

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, the section from Viborg to Skive on 17 October 1864 and the section from Skive to Struer on 17 November 1865. The construction was influenced by the Second Schleswig War in 1864 which delayed the opening of the sections west of Viborg.

Operations

Regional trains

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

InterCity service

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

Stations

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Line information (TIB)" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
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