Randers-Aalborg Line

Randers–Aalborg Line

The track and platforms at Skørping station in 2009
Overview
Native name Randers–Aalborg Jernbane
Type Railway
System Danish railway
Termini Randers station
Aalborg station
Stations 8
Operation
Opened 18 September 1869 (1869-09-18)
Owner Banedanmark
Operator(s) DSB
Character Passenger trains
Freight trains
Technical
Line length 80.7 kilometres (50.1 mi)[1]
Number of tracks Double
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification None
Operating speed 180 km/h (Randers-Hobro)
120 km/h (Hobro-Aalborg)[2]
Route map

The Randers–Aalborg Line or the Randers–Aalborg Railway (Danish: Randers–Aalborg Jernbane) is a 80.7 km (50.1 mi)[1] long standard gauge double track railway line in Denmark which runs through the historical region of Himmerland between Randers and Aalborg. It constitutes a section of Den Østjyske Længdebane, the through railway line through the Jutland Peninsula from Padborg to Frederikshavn.

The railway opened in 1869. From 1940 to 1953, the original single track railway line was converted to double track.[3] The line is owned and maintained by Rail Net Denmark and served with passenger trains by the Danish State Railways (DSB). The northernmost section from Skørping to Aalborg is also served by the Aalborg Commuter Rail.

References

  1. 1 2 "Line information (TIB)" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  2. ↑ "Hastighed på Banedanmarks jernbanenet" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark, 27 November 2012. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
  3. ↑ Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag.
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