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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Copenhagen’s new light rail system inaugurated - Length: 5:40 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Copenhagen Metro - All the Lines (2024) - Length: 10:17 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Copenhagen S-Tog - Suburban Trains in Copenhagen (2024) - Length: 10:30 mins. |
PHOTOS
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MAPS
INSET: CENTRAL COPENHAGEN
ABBREVIATION ON THE MAPS
| HB | København H (Copenhagen Central Station) |
I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).
Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.
ROUTES
TRAM (LETBANE) ROUTE
Operator: Ringby-Letbanesamarbejdet
| LB | Rødovre Nord - Glostrup - Vallensbæk - Ishøj |
The abbreviation LB stands for Letbane (light rail) and is not used by the operator as a route designation.
METRO ROUTES
Operator: Metroselskabet
| M1 | Vanløse - Flintholm - Frederiksberg - Nørreport - Nytorv - Christianshavn - Sundby - Vestamager |
| M2 | Vanløse - Flintholm - Frederiksberg - Nørreport - Nytorv - Christianshavn - Øresund - København Lufthaven (Copenhagen Aurport) |
| M3 | København H (Copenhagen Central Station) - Nytorv - Østerport - Nørrebro - Frederiksberg - København H (Copenhagen Central Station) [Circular route, both directions] |
| M4 | København Syd (Copenhagen South) - Sluseholmen - København H (Copenhagen Central Station) - Nytorv - Østerport - Orientkaj |
S-TOG (S-TRAIN) [SUBURBAN RAIL] ROUTES
Operator: Danske Statsbaner (DSB) S-tog
| A | Hillerød – Allerød - Holte – Lyngby - Gentofte - Hellerup - Østerport – Nørreport – København H (Copenhagen Central Station) - Dybbølsbro - København Syd - Avedøre - Vallensbæk - Ishøj - Hundige - Greve |
| B | Farum - Værløse - Buddinge – Ryparken - Østerport – Nørreport – København H (Copenhagen Central Station) – Dybbølsbro – Valby – Danshøj - Rødovre – Glostrup – Høje Taastrup |
| Bx | Buddinge – Ryparken - Østerport – Nørreport – København H (Copenhagen Central Station) – Dybbølsbro – Valby – Danshøj - Rødovre – Glostrup – Høje Taastrup |
| C | Klampenborg – Hellerup – Østerport – Nørreport – København H (Copenhagen Central Station) – Dybbølsbro – Valby – Flintholm - Vanløse – Husum – Herlev – Ballerup - Måløv - Veksø - Ølstykke - Vinge - Frederikssund |
| E | Holte – Lyngby - Gentofte - Hellerup - Østerport – Nørreport – København H (Copenhagen Central Station) - Dybbølsbro - København Syd - Avedøre - Vallensbæk - Ishøj - Hundige - Greve - Solrød Strand - Ølby - Køge |
| F | Hellerup – Ryparken - Nørrebro – Flintholm - Danshøj - København Syd |
| H | Østerport – Nørreport – København H (Copenhagen Central Station) – Dybbølsbro – Valby – Flintholm - Vanløse – Husum – Herlev – Ballerup |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tram (Letbane - Light rail): 13 km.
- Metro: 43.3 km.
- S-tog (S-train): 170 km
HISTORY
- Urban tramways: (horse-drawn) 22 Oct. 1863 - 14 June 1915; (electric, traditional): 1 Aug. 1901 - 23 Apr. 1972.
- Modern LRT (Letbane): 26 Oct. 2025 - today
- Metro: 19 Oct. 2002 - today.
- S-tog (S-train): 3 Apr. 1934 - today.
GAUGE
- Urban tramways and modern Libertyville: 1435 mm.
- Metro: 1435 mm.
- S-tog (S-train): 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
The Sporvejsmuseet Skjoldenæsholm (Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum), 65 km SW of Copenhagen, runs old trams (from Copenhagen, Odense, Aarhus and from outside Denmark) on 1.8 km of track (1.5 km standard gauge; 300 m metre gauge).
SOURCES
WIKIS
- Copenhagen Metro
- Greater Copenhagen Light Rail
- Hovedstadens Udviklingsråd (HUR)
- Københavns Sporveje [Copenhagen Tramways]
- S-tog / S-train
WEB SITES
- Copenhagen (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Greater Copenhagen light rail
- Movia
- S-tog
- Sporvogne & sporveje / Trams and tramways
- Sporvogne i Danmark
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