Hjørring – Hørby Jernbane
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The route of the train
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Location of Hjørring – Hørby Jernbane
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Route length: | 35 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum slope : | 10 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top speed: | 45 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hjørring – Hørby Jernbane (HH), also known as Hørbybanen , was a private Danish railway company . They operated a railway line between Hjørring and Hørby in North Jutland , which opened in 1913.
history
Around 1885 the places Hjørring, Taars and Østervraa were connected by a regular stagecoach connection. The capacity of the carriage was very small, only people and mail could be taken. The transport of goods was not possible.
It was recognized that a railway through the villages would better connect them with the surrounding area, such as Hjorring with the Aalborg – Hjørring – Frederikshavn state railway opened in 1871 and Hørby with the Sæbybane opened in 1899 . Considerations included a railway line from Hjørring either to Hørby or to Dybvad , the cost was estimated at 1.25 million Danish kroner .
These route variants were included in the Railway Act of May 27, 1908 . On June 10, 1911, the concession for the route to Hørby was granted. The state subsidy was 50% of the construction costs, which at the end of the construction amounted to 1.6 million crowns. Opened on November 7, 1913 route was 35 kilometers long and with rails with a weight per meter equipped of 22.5 kg.
From the beginning, Hjørring – Hørby Jernbane worked together with Hjørring – Løkken – Aabybro Jernbane , which had opened four months earlier. They had a joint administration under the same director and used a workshop and its staff. Both railways did not use the state railway station in Hjørring, because they had their own starting point for their trains at Hjørring Vestbanegård ( German Westbahnhof ).
Vodskov – Østervrå Jernbane was opened in 1924 and also operationally integrated into the community. With the 1925 opened Hirtshalsbanen of Hjørring-Aalbæk Jernbane was likewise. This ended the trains of three companies with the exception of Vodskov in Hjørring Vestbanegård.
The four companies that merged from April 1, 1939 to form A / S Hjørring Privatbaner (HP) , distributed the costs incurred according to their respective size. This was followed by major reconstruction work in the track area, after the end of which the trains began using the state train station on October 3, 1942, and the western train station was closed.
Train stations
- The station in Tars was the usual junction station from the start of operations and had a station master.
- From 1924, after the opening of Vodskov – Østervrå Jernbane , Østervrå was the crossing station because there were connections here. The station had several crossing tracks and a three-tier engine shed .
- In Hørby there was a transition to the railway line Fjerritslev - Frederikshavn ( Sæbybanen ), which handled the entire expedition of the station. A turntable and a two-tier engine shed with water supply and overnight accommodation were available here.
vehicles
Three steam locomotives were procured from Germany for operation, and the railway's initial equipment also included four two-axle passenger cars and a mail / baggage car from the Swedish manufacturer Arlöf, as well as a number of freight cars of various types.
number | Surname | design type | Wheel alignment | Manufacturer | Fabr.-No./ year of construction |
Special |
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11 | Tank locomotive | 1 B | Henschel & Sohn , Kassel | 11,726 1913 |
Water tank on the right, coal tank on the left, turbo generator for electric train lighting, redrawn as HP 7 between 1943 and 1947 (Hjørring Privatbaner) | |
12 | Tank locomotive | 1 C | Henschel & Sohn, Kassel | 11,728 1913 |
two side frame water tanks, turbo generator for electric train lighting, two Ramsbottom safety valves, redrawn as HP 2 (Hjørring Privatbaner) between 1943 and 1947 | |
13 | Tank locomotive | 1 B | Henschel & Sohn, Kassel | 11,727 1913 |
Water tank on the right, coal tank on the left, turbo generator for electric train lighting, steam bell, sold in 1936 to Randers-Hadsund Jernbane for 10,000 crowns , there RHJ 1 |
business
In the first few years the private railway operated with a small surplus. From 1919 on, except for a few years during World War II, there were only losses. The war extended the years of operation of the private railway, since as early as 1939 a commission of inquiry suggested that the state should discontinue its subsidy for railway operations.
Vodskov – Østervrå Jernbane was closed on April 1, 1950. At the general meeting of Hjørring Privatbaner (HP) on January 5, 1953 it was decided that Hjørring – Hørby Jernbane should also be closed. The decommissioning decision was implemented on March 15, 1953.
Preserved station building
The station buildings were designed by the Danish architect Sylvius Knutzen . With the exception of Hjørring Vestbanegård , all buildings (Ilbro, Lørslev, Bøjholm, Tårs, Tranget, Sæsing, Østervrå and Thorshøj) have been preserved.
Sections of the railway embankment preserved
Around four kilometers of the former railway embankment have been preserved and are partly used as paths: north of Skyttegården in Hjørring, at Åstrup Møllebæk in Hjørring, at the Bagterp plantation behind the boy scout house, the bridge over the Aalborgbane, in Tårs between Søparken and Lindely and am Risdalvej and between Tranget and Sæsing and west of Sæsing.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hjørring - Hørby - HH, Historien og det rullende materiel. In: jernbanen.dk. Retrieved June 27, 2015 (Danish).
- ↑ Hjørring - Hørby - HH, steam locomotive. In: jernbanen.dk. Retrieved July 21, 2014 (Danish).
Web links
- Hjørring – Hørby banen. In: Nordjyllands jernbaner. Retrieved June 23, 2015 (Danish).
- Tjenestekøreplaner. In: Nordjyllands jernbaner. Retrieved June 23, 2015 (Danish).
- På spor efter nedlagte private bankers - Hjørring – Hørby banen 1913–1953. (PDF) In: Jernbanebladet. September 1967, pp. 260 ff. , Accessed on June 23, 2015 (Danish).
- Vigtige stamdata for Hjørring-Hørby (HH) jernbanen. In: danskejernbaner.dk. Retrieved June 26, 2015 (Danish).
- Hjørring - Hørby - HH. Histories and rolling material. In: Jernbanen.dk. Retrieved June 26, 2015 (Danish).