Classic route
Østbanen Køge–Rødvig
Køge → Rødvig · Denmark
Every station on it was drawn by Heinrich Wenck: the East Zealand line of 1879 across Stevns to the chalk cliffs at Rødvig, rebuilt and reopened in October 2024.
- Distance
- 30 km
- Fastest time
- 36 min
- Average speed
- 50 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmKøge +1
- 7 kmVallø
- 9 kmGrubberholm
- 13 kmHårlev +1
- 16 kmVarpelev
- 19 kmKlippinge
- 25 kmStore Heddinge
- 30 kmRødvig
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 10092163: 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 1 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of R 210R
Questions and answers
How long is the Østbanen?
The Østbanen runs 30 km from Køge to Rødvig.
How long does the Østbanen take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 36 min for the 30 km. That is an average of 50 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Østbanen?
Lokaltog.
How old is the Østbanen?
The line has been in service since 1879. 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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