Classic route
Bramming–Tønder railway
Esbjerg → Tønder · Denmark
From Esbjerg by Bramming to Ribe, Denmark’s oldest town, and on across the marsh to Tønder; the line south of Ribe was opened from the German side in 1887, when the border lay just beyond the town.
- Distance
- 80 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 27 min
- Average speed
- 55 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmEsbjerg +2
- 2 kmJerne
- 8 kmTjæreborg
- 16 kmBramming +1
- 20 kmSejstrup
- 25 kmGredstedbro
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- 31 kmRibe Nørremark
- 33 kmRibe
- 39 kmHviding
- 44 kmRejsby
- 48 kmBrøns
- 53 kmSkærbæk
- 58 kmDøstrup Sønderjylland
- 65 kmBredebro
- 71 kmVisby
- 79 kmTønder Nord
- 80 kmTønder
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (ÖBB Scotty, the R 5013 on 17 November 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 2 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 5013
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Bramming–Tønder railway?
The Bramming–Tønder railway runs 80 km from Esbjerg to Tønder.
How long does the Bramming–Tønder railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 27 min for the 80 km. That is an average of 55 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Bramming–Tønder railway?
GoCollective, with regional train.
How old is the Bramming–Tønder railway?
The line has been in service since 1887. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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