Heritage route
Mariager–Handest Veteranjernbane
Mariager → Handest · Denmark
Mariager–Handest Veteranjernbane in pictures
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- Distance
- 17 km
- Fastest time
- 50 min
- Average speed
- 20 km/h
- Top speed
- 45 km/h
- Operator
- MHVJ
- Train
- Heritage steam & railcars
- Countries
- Denmark
- In service since
- 1927
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Denmark’s leading veteran railway: 1909 Henschel steam from the fjord port of Mariager over rolling moraine hills to Handest, run in 1950s private-railway style.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 7365158 — 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
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Mariager–Handest Veteranjernbane?
The Mariager–Handest Veteranjernbane runs 17 km from Mariager to Handest.
How long does the Mariager–Handest Veteranjernbane take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 50 min for the 17 km. That is an average of 20 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 45 km/h.
Who runs the Mariager–Handest Veteranjernbane?
MHVJ, with heritage steam & railcars.
How old is the Mariager–Handest Veteranjernbane?
The line has been in service since 1927. 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.
View on the world railway map →Read more on Wikipedia (in DA) ↗
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