Skanderborg–Skjern railway line

Skanderborg–Skjern railway line
Skanderborg–Skjern railway line
Overview
Native name	Skanderborg–Skjern banen
Status	Active
Owner	Banedanmark
Termini	Skanderborg station; Skjern station;
Stations	18
Service
Type	Main line
System	Danish railways
Operator(s)	Arriva
History
Opened	2 May 1871 (Skanderborg–Silkeborg) ; 28 August 1877 (Silkeborg–Herning) ; 1 October 1881 (Herning–Skjern)
Technical
Line length	111.9 kilometres (69.5 mi)
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 (75 mph) (Skanderborg–Silkeborg); 100 km/h (62 mph) (Silkeborg–Skjern)
Route map of the Skanderborg–Herning–Skjern Line
Route map of the Skanderborg–Herning–Skjern Line

The Skanderborg–Skjern railway line (Danish: Skanderborg–Skjern–banen) is a 111.9 km (69.5 mi)^[1] long standard gauge single track railway line in Denmark which runs between the cities of Skanderborg and Skjern in Central Jutland, Denmark.

The railway opened in sections. The section from Skanderborg to Silkeborg opened in 1871, the section from Silkeborg to Herning in 1877, and the section from Herning to Skjern in 1881. The line is owned and maintained by Rail Net Denmark and served with passenger trains by the railway company Arriva.

Stations

^ ^a ^b "Line information (TIB)" (in Danish). Banedanmark. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
^ "Hastighed på Banedanmarks jernbanenet" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark, 27 November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

Jensen, Niels (1978). Østjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03852-7.

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