Vendsyssel Line

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Vendsyssel Line
Overview
Native name	Vendsysselbanen
Owner	Banedanmark
Termini	Aalborg Frederikshavn
Stations	10
Service
Type	Railway
System	Danish railway
Operator(s)	Danish State Railways Nordjyske Jernbaner[1]
History
Opened	15 August 1871[2]
Technical
Line length	80.7 kilometres (50.1 mi)[3]
Number of tracks	Single[3]
Character	Passenger trains Freight trains
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[3]
Operating speed	120 km/h[3]

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Legend
km Fjerritslev–Frederikshavn line [da] Ferry port 333.3 Frederikshavn Port of Frederikshavn Skagen line Elling 323.8 Kvissel 317.4 Tolne 310.2 Sindal Sønderskov 297.8 Hjørring East 296.6 Hjørring Hirtshals line Hæstrup [da] Gunderup 284.7 Vrå Em 274.8 Brønderslev Tylstrup 263.4 Sulsted Hvorupgaard Fjerritslev–Frederikshavn line [da] to Fjerritslev Aalborg Airport line to Aalborg Airport 251.0 Lindholm Nørresundby Fjerritslev–Frederikshavn line [da] to Frederikshavn 250.2 Limfjord Railway Bridge 249.6 Aalborg Vestby 248.4 Aalborg Randers–Aalborg line to Aarhus

The Vendsyssel railway line (Danish: Vendsysselbanen) is a 80.7 km (50.1 mi) long standard gauge single track railway line in Denmark which runs through the historical region of Vendsyssel between Aalborg and Frederikshavn in North Jutland.^[3] It constitutes the northernmost part of the East Jutland longitudinal railway line (Danish: Den Østjyske Længdebane), the through route along the east coast of the Jutland Peninsula from the German border at Padborg to Frederikshavn.

The section from Nørresundby to Frederikshavn opened in 1871.^[2] In 1879 the route was continued from Nørresundby to Aalborg across the Limfjord as the Limfjord Railway Bridge was inaugurated, thus connecting the Vendsyssel railway line with the Randers–Aalborg railway line as well as the rest of the Danish railway network.^[4]

The Vendsyssel railway line runs north from Aalborg to Hjørring and turns east from there to Frederikshavn, making the rail distance about 80 km, where the road distance is about 60 km (37 mi). The line is owned and maintained by the railway infrastructure manager Rail Net Denmark and served with passenger trains by the national railway company Danish State Railways (DSB) and local and freight trains by the regional railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner.^[1] The southernmost section from Aalborg to Lindholm is also served by the commuter rail service Aalborg Commuter Rail.^[5]

The line has three remaining branch lines: from Nørresundby the Aalborg Airport railway line branches west to Aalborg Airport, from Hjørring the Hirtshals railway line branches north to the town and ferry port of Hirtshals, and from Frederikshavn Skagen railway line branches north to the town and fishing port of Skagen.^[6]