Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line

The first section of the railway line, the railway line from Copenhagen to Roskilde, opened in 1847 as the first railway line in the Kingdom of Denmark.^[a] It was built for the privately owned Det Sjællandske Jernbaneselskab (English: the Zealand Railway Company) by British engineering company William Radford. The railway line was ceremonially opened on 26 June 1847, and the following day the railway opened to regular traffic with three trains daily in each direction.^[5] The Copenhagen–Roskilde railway line was prolonged from Roskilde to the port city of Korsør by the Great Belt in 1856.^[6][7]

The railway line across the island of Funen from Nyborg by the Great Belt via Odense to Middelfart by the Little Belt opened in 1865.^[8] It was built by the civil engineering partnership Peto, Brassey and Betts. The socalled Queen Louise's Railway was inaugurated on Queen Louise's 48th birthday the 7 September 1865, with regular traffic commencing the following day.^[9] In Middelfart, passengers could catch the steam ferry across the Little Belt to Snoghøj in the Jutland peninsula. The following year, on 1 november 1866, a short branch line, the Middelfart–Strib railway line, opened from Middelfart to the harbour at Strib 5 kilometers north of Middelfart, from where there was connection via railway ferry across the Little Belt to Fredericia in Jutland.^[10]

In 1935, with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge between Middelfart and Snoghøj, The Funen Main Line was connected directly to the railway network in Jutland at Fredericia.

• Being connected to Copenhagen, there are transfers to the S-train network, the Coast Line and the Oresund Railway.
• Roskilde station is linked to the Northwest Line and the Little South Line).
• The South Line joins the line at Ringsted (see also Fugleflugtslinjen).
• Slagelse station is a terminus for the Tølløse Line, operated by regional trains.
• The Svendborg Line starts at Odense station.
• The Fredericia–Aarhus Line continues northward through Jutland at Fredericia station.
• The Snoghøj–Taulov segment is a direct connection to the Fredericia–Padborg Line, avoiding the need to change direction at Fredericia.

• List of railway lines in Denmark
• Transport in Denmark

• Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.

• (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
• (in Danish) DSB – largest Danish train operating company
• (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark

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