Aarhus-Randers Line

Aarhus–Randers Line
Overview
Native name Aarhus–Randers banen
Type Main line
System Danish railways
Status Active
Termini Aarhus Central Station
Randers station
Stations 5
Operation
Opened 2 September 1862 (1862-09-02)
Owner Banedanmark
Operator(s) DSB
Arriva
Character Passenger trains
Freight trains
Technical
Line length 59.2 kilometres (36.8 mi)[1]
Number of tracks Double
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Electrification None
Operating speed 160 km/h (99 mph)[2]
Route map of the Aarhus–Randers–Aalborg Line

The Aarhus-Randers Line or the Aarhus-Randers Railway (Danish: Aarhus-Randers Jernbane) is a 59.2 km (36.8 mi)[1] long standard gauge double track railway line in Denmark which runs between the cities of Aarhus and Randers in East Jutland, Denmark. It constitutes a section of Den Østjyske Længdebane, the through railway line through the Jutland Peninsula from Padborg to Frederikshavn.

The railway opened in 1862. The line is owned and maintained by Rail Net Denmark and served with passenger trains by the Danish State Railways (DSB) and Arriva.

External links

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References

  1. 1 2 "Line information (TIB)" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  2. "Hastighed på Banedanmarks jernbanenet" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark, 27 November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2014-10-14.

Coordinates: 56°27′20″N 10°02′04″E / 56.4556°N 10.0345°E / 56.4556; 10.0345


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