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The Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority (Danish: Trafikstyrelsen) is the Danish government agency responsible for regulating, planning and safety relating to public transport in Denmark. The agency also acts as an advisor towards the ministry related to policy and strategic development in transport.
The rail transport system in Denmark consists of 2,633 km (1,636 mi) of railway lines, [5] of which the Copenhagen S-train network, the main line Helsingør-Copenhagen-Padborg (at the German border), and the Lunderskov-Esbjerg line are electrified.
DSB, an abbreviation of Danske Statsbaner (pronounced [ˈtænskə ˈstɛˀtsˌpɛːnɐ], Danish State Railways), is the largest Danish train operating company, and the largest in Scandinavia. While DSB is responsible for passenger train operation on most of the Danish railways, goods transport and railway maintenance are outside its scope.
The largest railway operator in Denmark is Danske Statsbaner (DSB) — Danish State Railways. Arriva operates some routes in Jutland , and several other smaller operators provide local services. The total length of operational track is 3,476 km standard gauge, with 1,756 km electrified.
Denmark has more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) of railway lines, of which most are under the control of Banedanmark; a number of private railways run their own lines. Banedanmark lines [ edit ]
Another major undertaking involving the agency was the Fehmarn Belt fixed link, a immersed tunnel between the Danish island of Lolland with the German island of Fehmarn; it is one part of the wider Priority Project 20 of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), which shall construct a high-speed rail line between Copenhagen and Hamburg. [7]
Station Code [5] Opened Serves Railway line Passengers [6] Remarks Albertslund: Alb: 1931: Albertslund: Høje Taastrup Line: Named Vridsløselille until 1963 : Alken: Ak: 1871: Alken: Skanderborg–Skjern
In Jutland and on Funen, the state decided on a somewhat different approach to build the railways. Here the state financed and owned the lines and infrastructure right from the start, whilst trusting the daily administration of lines and trains to the private company of "Det danske Jernbanedriftsselskab" (lit.: The Danish Railway Operations ...