Classic route
Svendborgbanen
Svendborg → Odense · Denmark
Across Funen from Svendborg, the harbour for the ferries to Ærø and the small islands of the South Funen archipelago, by Kværndrup and Ringe to Odense; the line opened in July 1876.
- Distance
- 48 km
- Fastest time
- 43 min
- Average speed
- 67 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmSvendborg
- 3 kmSvendborg Vest
- 11 kmStenstrup Syd
- 13 kmStenstrup
- 18 kmKværndrup
- 21 kmRudme
- 31 kmPederstrup
- 33 kmÅrslev
- 37 kmHøjby
- 41 kmHjallese
- 43 kmFruens Bøge
- 44 kmOdense Sygehus
- 48 kmOdense +3
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 10128826: 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 under 100 m from the shape of R 4610
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Svendborgbanen?
The Svendborgbanen runs 48 km from Svendborg to Odense.
How long does the Svendborgbanen take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 43 min for the 48 km. That is an average of 67 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Svendborgbanen?
DSB, with Regionaltog.
How old is the Svendborgbanen?
The line has been in service since 1876. 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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