Lemvigbanen

A Danish local line that never belonged to the state: Vemb to the fishing port of Thyborøn by Lemvig and Harboøre, finished on 1 November 1899 and still privately run.

The Vemb–Lemvig–Thyborøn line was put together in sections between 1879 and 1899 and is 57 km of mostly level standard-gauge single track in northwest Jutland, linking the fishing port of Thyborøn and the market town of Lemvig to the network at Vemb on the Esbjerg–Struer line. Midtjyske Jernbaner owns and runs it with five double-unit Y-trains and keeps its own workshop at Lemvig. From 2025 battery trains have begun taking over, making it the first line in Denmark to be worked that way.

Stations

1. 0 kmVemb
2. 6 kmAmstrup
3. 8 kmBækmarksbro
4. 12 kmSinkbæk
5. 14 kmFåre
6. 19 kmRamme
7. Show 9 more stations

   1. 23 kmBonnet
   2. 26 kmArmose
   3. 29 kmLemvig
   4. 32 kmBalleby
   5. 35 kmKlinkby
   6. 37 kmNejrup
   7. 39 kmStrande
   8. 40 kmVictoria Street
   9. 43 kmVrist
8. 46 kmHarboøre
9. 50 kmRønland
10. 55 kmSprogøvej
11. 55 kmThyborøn Kirke
12. 56 kmThyborøn

The stations on this line, as Wikidata lists them, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station.

Along the way

• Vemb, off the Esbjerg–Struer line
• Lemvig and its workshop
• Nissum Bredning
• Thyborøn

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6844899: 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 5 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.2 km from the shape of R 93
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Lemvigbanen?

The Lemvigbanen runs 56 km from Vemb to Thyborøn.

How long does the Lemvigbanen take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 20 min for the 56 km. That is an average of 42 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Lemvigbanen?

Midtjyske Jernbaner.

How old is the Lemvigbanen?

The line has been in service since 1899. 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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