Skanderborg–Skjern line

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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 (1871-05-02) (Skanderborg–Silkeborg)
28 August 1877 (1877-08-28) (Silkeborg–Herning)
1 October 1881 (1881-10-01) (Herning–Skjern)
Technical
Line length| 111.9 kilometres (69.5 mi)[1]
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)[2]

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[edit]

Skanderborg station Silkeborg station Herning station Skjern station

* Skanderborg
* Alken
* Ry
* Laven
* Svejbæk
* Silkeborg
* Engesvang
* Bording
* Ikast
* Hammerum
* Birk Centerpark
* Herning
* Herning Messecenter
* Studsgård
* Kibæk
* Troldhede
* Borris
* Skjern

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Skanderborg-Skjern.

* (in Danish) Banedanmark
* (in Danish) Arriva

## References[edit]

### Citations[edit]

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

### Bibliography[edit]

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

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