Bramming–Tønder railway line

Bramming–Tønder railway line
Bramming–Tønder railway line
	The Bramming–Tønder railway line near Gredstedbro in 2020
Overview
Native name	Bramming-Tønder-banen
Status	Operational
Owner	Banedanmark
Line number	30
Termini	Bramming; Tønder;
Stations	14
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	Danish railway
Operator(s)	GoCollective
History
Opened	May 01, 1875 (Bramming–Ribe); November 15, 1887 (Ribe–Tønder)
Technical
Line length	67.9 km (42.2 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Character	Passenger trains; Freight trains
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	100 km/h (Bramming–Tønder); 60 km/h (Tønder–German border
The Bramming–Tønder railway line
The Bramming–Tønder railway line
	Legend
	Denmark
	Germany

The Bramming–Tønder railway line (Danish: Bramming-Tønder-banen) is a 67.9 kilometres (42.2 mi) long railway line in Denmark which runs through the historical region of Southern Jutland between Bramming and the German border just south of Tønder.^[1] The standard gauge railway line is single track and unelectrified.^[1]

The railway line is historically a part of the Marsh Railway (German: Marschbahn), the through route along the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein from the city of Elmshorn to Bramming. Today, the line continues to the German border just south of Tønder, where it connects to the rump section of the Marsh railway and the German railway network.^[1]

Stations

Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
Jensen, Niels (1975). Sønderjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03697-4.

(in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
(in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark