Classic route
Hornbækbanen
Helsingør → Gilleleje · Denmark
North Zealand’s coast line: Elsinore out past the Øresund bathing towns to Hornbæk from 1906, and on to Gilleleje from July 1916.
- Distance
- 24 km
- Fastest time
- 49 min
- Average speed
- 29 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmHelsingør +1
- 1 kmGrønnehave
- 2 kmMarienlyst
- 3 kmHøjstrup
- 6 kmHellebæk
- 7 kmÅlsgårde
Show 7 more stations
- 9 kmSkibstrup St
- 11 kmSaunte
- 12 kmKarinebæk
- 13 kmHornbæk
- 14 kmHorneby Sand
- 15 kmKildekrog
- 18 kmDronningmølle
- 19 kmFirhøj
- 21 kmSøborg
- 23 kmStæremosen
- 24 kmGilleleje Øst
- 24 kmGilleleje +1
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. 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
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 10018654: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of R 940R
Questions and answers
How long is the Hornbækbanen?
The Hornbækbanen runs 24 km from Helsingør to Gilleleje.
How long does the Hornbækbanen take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 49 min for the 24 km. That is an average of 29 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Hornbækbanen?
Lokaltog.
How old is the Hornbækbanen?
The line has been in service since 1916. 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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