Boulevard Line

Boulevard Line
	The main line platform at Nørreport Station on the Boulevard Line in 2015.
Overview
Other name(s)	'Røret'
Native name	Boulevardbanen
Type	Main line; Regional rail; IC & IC Express; S-train
System	Danish railways
Status	Active
Termini	passing through; passing through
Stations	7 (S-train), 3 (all trains)
Operation
Opened	1 December 1917
Owner	Banedanmark
Operator(s)	DSB
Character	Passenger trains
Technical
Line length	3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi)
Number of tracks	Quadruple
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Overhead catenary (S-trains use DC power other trains use AC power or diesel)
Operating speed	60 km/h (37 mph) (mainline); 80 km/h (50 mph) (S-train)

The Boulevard Line (Danish: Boulevardbanen) is a 3.2-kilometer (2.0 mi) long partly underground railway between Copenhagen Central Station and Østerport Station in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] The quadruple track railway carries today one dual track for the Copenhagen S-train system and another dual track for the mainline railway and regional trains. The line has two intermediate stations, Vesterport Station and Nørreport Station. It continues above ground to Nordhavn station and at Svanemøllen station the tracks separate towards either Ryparken station or Hellerup station. Dybbølsbro station is also located along this railway, located just a bit south of Copenhagen Central. Out of the four main S-train branches, three follow this path, between Dybbølsbro and Svanemøllen (with at least four tracks). Only at Copenhagen Central, Nørreport and Østerport do all trains stop. While Dybbølsbro, Vesterport, Nordhavn and Svanemøllen all are S-train stations only. (Nørreport also has Metro service, just as both the Central Station, Østerport and Nordhavn will have by 2019).

History

Construction of the Boulevard Line between Sølvgade and Stokhusgade in 1914

It opened in 1917, allowing services on the Coast Line and the Klampenborg Line to extend to Copenhagen Central Station.[2] The line became part of the S-train network on 15 May 1934.[3]

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References

Bibliography

Larsen, Morten Flindt; Poulsen, John (2009). S-banen 1934–2009 (in Danish). Smørum: Bane Bøger. ISBN 978-87-91434-20-4.

Notes

Larsen and Poulsen (2009): 4
Larsen and Poulsen (2009): 17
Larsen and Poulsen (2009): 6

External links

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[1] Larsen and Poulsen (2009): 4

[2] Larsen and Poulsen (2009): 17

[3] Larsen and Poulsen (2009): 6