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[1]
Line number	30[1]
Termini	Bramming Tønder
Stations	14
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	Danish railway
Operator(s)	GoCollective[2]
History
Opened	1 May 1875 (1875-05-01) (Bramming–Ribe) 15 November 1887 (1887-11-15) (Ribe–Tønder)
Technical
Line length	67.9[1] km (42.2 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track[1]
Character	Passenger trains Freight trains
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge[1]
Operating speed	100 km/h (Bramming–Tønder) 60 km/h (Tønder–German border[1]
The Bramming–Tønder railway line

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

• Bramming, connection with the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line to Lunderskov and Esbjerg
• Sejstrup
• Gredstedbro
• Ribe Nørremark
• Ribe
• Vedsted, border station until 1920, closed 1987
• Hviding
• Rejsby
• Brøns
• Skærbæk
• Døstrup Sønderjylland
• Bredebro
• Visby
• Tønder Nord
• Tønder, connection with the Marsh Railway to Niebüll

See also

• List of railway lines in Denmark
• Rail transport in Denmark
• History of rail transport in Denmark
• Denmark–Germany border

References

Citations

1. "Line information (TIB)" (in Danish). Banedanmark. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
2. "Om GoCollective – Tog" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

Bibliography

• 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.

External links

• (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