Classic route
Odsherredsbanen
Holbæk → Nykøbing Sjælland · Denmark
Point one of the great railway act of 1894: Holbæk county took the concession on 6 May 1896, and the line up the peninsula to Nykøbing opened on 18 May 1899.
- Distance
- 49 km
- Fastest time
- 53 min
- Average speed
- 55 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmHolbæk +1
- 1 kmStenhus +1
- 8 kmNy Hagested
- 11 kmGislinge
- 16 kmSvinninge
- 20 kmHørve
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- 24 kmFårevejle
- 27 kmAsnæs
- 30 kmGrevinge
- 37 kmVig
- 41 kmNørre Asmindrup
- 43 kmSommerland Sjælland
- 44 kmHøjby Sjælland
- 48 kmNyled
- 49 kmNykøbing Sj
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 10050677: 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 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 510R
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Odsherredsbanen?
The Odsherredsbanen runs 49 km from Holbæk to Nykøbing Sjælland.
How long does the Odsherredsbanen take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 53 min for the 49 km. That is an average of 55 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Odsherredsbanen?
Lokaltog, with R 510R.
How old is the Odsherredsbanen?
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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