Svendborg – Nyborg railway line

Svendborg – Nyborg
Lines
Svendborg – Nyborg railway line
Route length:	37.7 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Minimum radius :	470 m, between Nyborg H and Nyborg Syd: 90 m
Top speed:	except between Nyborg Syd and Nyborg H: 75 km / h
Operating points and routes
Legend København – Fredericia railway from Odense Nyborg København – Fredericia railway to Copenhagen Rings – Nyborg railway line von Rings (until May 26, 1962) 37.7 Nyborg H. Nyborg Færge (until 1998) Storebælt ferry to Knudshoved / Slipshavn (until 1956/1905) Avernakke Oil Harbor 36.9 Nyborg Syd Vindinge Å 32.4 Bynkel 30.7 Kogsbølle 28.2 Slude 26.1 Frørup 23.9 Øksendrup 22.0 Glorup 20.6 Rygård (Langå Sogn) 18.1 Hesselager 15.1 Gudme 11.4 Oure 9.7 Vejstrup 7.1 Skårup 4.8 Holmdrup 2.0 Christiansminde Railway ferry to Ærøskøbing and Rudkøbing 0.0 Svendborg DSB / Svendborg N Railway line Odense – Svendborg to Odense Railway from Svendborg – Faaborg to Faaborg

The railway line Svendborg – Nyborg (also called Hesselagerbanan ) was a railway line on the Danish island of Funen . It runs from Svendborg to Nyborg , was commissioned as a private railway by A / S Svendborg – Nyborg Jernbaneselskab - SNB in 1897 and operated from 1902 by Sydfyenske Jernbaner (SFJ). This company was taken over by Danske Statsbaner in 1949 and the route was continued as a state railway based on the rental agreements.

history

The first thoughts on building a railway between Svendborg and Nyborg came up soon after the commissioning of the first railway on Funen, the Dronning Louises Bane on September 7, 1865. In 1882 there were multiple considerations about a route, which was determined in a later meeting in Frørup in 1887.

A / S Svendborg – Nyborg Jernbaneselskab

The route was included in the Railway Act of May 8, 1894 . The concession was awarded around Christmas 1894, after which the established railway company A / S Svendborg – Nyborg Jernbaneselskab (SNB) began construction work immediately. The state grant was set at 50 percent. Shares with a value of 1,185,000 crowns were issued. The city of Nyborg subscribed to shares worth 80,000 kroner. The entire construction of the railway cost 2,370,800 crowns.

In November 1897, Svendborg-Nyborg Jernbaneselskab Etatsråd Hansen from Mullerup elected chairman and mayor Schou from Nyborg as director. The engineer in charge of construction, A. Ammentorp from Svendborg, was appointed operations manager.

Technical design

In the hilly terrain of East Funen, extensive earthworks made the route Denmark's most expensive railway line per mile, according to the magazine Illustreret Tidende . It was the route that, with the exception of Kystbane north of Copenhagen, had the most residents on the route per mile from 1897 to 1964.

From the beginning, the railway had its own stations in Svendborg and Nyborg. Svendborg N or Svendborg Local Station was opposite the State Railway Station. In 1902, the handling tasks were relocated to the state train station. The train station of the SNB kept the goods handling. The post office later used it as a parcel post office. The station in Nyborg was called Nyborg Syd or Nyborg Local Station .

The construction work between 1895 and 1897 was carried out by Johansen & Madsen and Glud, Werner & Winkel . Initially, rails with a meter weight of 22.5 kg were used, later those with 24.4 kg. The entire route was fenced off with the exception of level crossings.

The special train with politicians and the press ran on May 18, 1897. The official opening of the line from Svendborg to Nyborg Lokal / Syd took place on June 1, 1897, the remaining line to the DSB station was released on September 5, 1897.

This remaining stretch led from Nyborg Syd to Nyborg H via Adelgade and Havnegade and from here next to the harbor tracks. The maximum speed was 7.5 km / h in the road area and 15 km / h along the harbor track. The curve radius here was 90 m.

Between 1917 and 1919 an oil port was built on the Avernakke peninsula south of Nyborg. For this purpose, a siding was laid by the SNB slightly south of today's Vænget road.

vehicles

In 1897, the company acquired four tender locomotives from the German manufacturer Jung in Kirchen (Sieg) to operate the line . They were given the numbers SNB 1–4 . In 1910, a Henschel tank locomotive followed , which was used with the number SNB 29 .

The stock of vehicles was:

• 1897: 4 steam locomotives, 10 passenger cars, 2 post / passenger cars, 2 baggage cars, 2 general cargo cars, 11 closed freight cars, 17 open freight cars.
• 1938: 5 steam locomotives, 1 gasoline railcar ( MB 1 ), 1 diesel railcar ( M ), 10 passenger cars, 2 post / passenger cars, 2 baggage cars, 13 closed freight cars, 23 open freight cars.

business

Location of the routes in the city map from 1899

The trains on the Svendborgbane were not allowed to go to the ferry terminal in Svendborg, where the rail ferries to Langeland and Ærø operated. However, the Sydfyenske Jernbaneselskab (SFJ) had this permit. Many long-distance travelers took the opportunity to get to the port with SFJ trains without changing by changing at Nyborg H.

Although the journey over Rings was 52 km longer than the 38 km over Hesselager , the passengers were faster at the ferry port because the SFJ trains could travel 75 km / h while the Svendborgbane only ran 45 km / h.

A battle for travelers did not really get off the ground, however, as an agreement on common tariffs for passenger and freight traffic was concluded shortly after the route opened. This agreement contained the passage that both companies would share the income, which the board of Svendborgbane promised a good deal. However, while SFJ paid a dividend of 5 or 5.5% year after year, the SNB could not pay a dividend. At the request of the city of Svendborg, negotiations between the SNB and SFJ began in 1901, with the result that from 1 August 1902 SNB was leased by SFJ. When the lease was signed, the city of Nyborg insisted that the local railway stations be fully preserved.

The lease contract ran for 20 years with an annual lease of 40,000 kroner for the first five years, 45,000 kroner for the next five years and 50,000 kroner annually thereafter as well as the provision of a reserve fund amounting to ten percent of the annual rent. The contract was extended in 1922 for a further 20 years, the lease was now 47,000 kroner a year plus a surplus.

buildings

Svendborg N railway station

The station buildings were designed by the chief architect of the Danish State Railways Heinrich Wenck . All of them have been preserved except the one in Skårup, which was demolished in the 1960s. Nyborg Syd , which began to sink underground on a corner before it was finished, was replaced by a more modern station building in 1934. Noteworthy is Svendborg N with a tower on the roof.

The company's depot was located in Svendborg on the west side of the track about one kilometer north of the station. There was an eight-person roundhouse with a turntable .

Takeover by DSB

On April 1, 1949, DSB Sydfyenske took over Jernbaner and with it the SNB. The old lease from 1902 was passed on to DSB and a new five-year agreement was signed, which first ended on March 31, 1954 and was then extended. It was agreed that the contract was to be terminated with a notice period of 1½ years. If the state railways stop operating on the rails, it should be replaced by a bus service.

attitude

On May 20, 1959, a meeting was held with representatives of the municipalities involved and the railway administration. According to the agenda, a vote should be taken on the closure of the line in 1961 or its continuation until 1964. However, the point was postponed. The next meeting took place on October 2, 1959 in Svendborg. Present were among others the chairman of the board K. Friis Jespersen, the chairman of the local council JK Møller, the member of the Folketing and chairman of the supervisory board Sven Horn from Nyborg and the deputy chairman of the board, Mayor CE Bjerring from Nyborg. It was agreed to sell the old MB 1 gasoline railcar from 1926 for 9,000 kroner to Randers-Hadsund Jernbane . It was reported that the Director General of DSB PEN Skov had on an earlier occasion put forward the view that considerable sums would have to be invested in rails and sleepers. This was done with the proviso that decommissioning would have to be examined. For the extension of the railway operation until May 31, 1964, special maintenance costs of 90,000 crowns would be incurred, which would have to be spread over the years of operation 1960–61, 1961–62 and 1962–63. Finally, the Board of Directors approved a new agreement with the DSB to operate the line until 1964.

In 1963 the route was discussed again. Transport Minister Kai Lindberg let the Chairman of the Board, K. Friis Jespersen, know in a letter dated January 7, 1963 that he would not be willing to continue operating the route because he believed it could not be operated profitably. He was of the opinion that buses and trucks could serve the route cheaper and more effectively and that it would be reasonable for passengers to use the route via Odense .

This was followed by a vote in the communities through which the route ran. With the exception of Skaarup, everyone voted to shut down.

At the company's last general meeting on September 26, 1963, a liquidation committee was formed to handle the closure. This consisted of three members of the municipality and three members from state authorities: Councilor Alfred Sørensen, Langå , council member Laurits Hansen, Frørup, mayor Sv. Aa. Andersen, Svendborg, and MPs Sven Horn, H. Dyrskjøt from the Ministry of Finance and J. Lindtner, Head of Department at the Ministry of Public Works.

The route was discontinued on May 30, 1964.

Web links

Commons : Svendborg – Nyborg railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Banen på fynhistorie.dk. In: fynhistorie.dk. Retrieved November 1, 2016 (Danish). 
• Svendborg – Nyborg banen (SNB). 1897-1964. kvindebjerg.dk, archived from the original on October 12, 2007 ; Retrieved September 9, 2018 (Danish, section: Svendborg – Nyborg banen (SNB)). 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Erik V. Pedersen: Svendborg – Nyborg Banen. evp.dk, accessed on November 1, 2016 (Danish). 
2. ↑ because of the tour by Hesselager Sogn
3. ^ Svendborg – Nyborg Banen - SNB. Steam locomotive. In: jernbanen.dk. Retrieved November 3, 2016 (Danish). 
4. ^ Svendborg – Nyborg Banen - SNB. Motor locomotives. In: jernbanen.dk. Retrieved November 3, 2016 (Danish). 
5. ^ Svendborg – Nyborg Banen - SNB. Person-, post- og rejsegodsvogne. In: jernbanen.dk. Retrieved November 3, 2016 (Danish). 
6. ^ Svendborg – Nyborg Banen - SNB. Godsvogne. In: jernbanen.dk. Retrieved November 3, 2016 (Danish).