Railway Act of March 29, 1924

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The Danish Railways Act of March 29, 1924 - Act No. 74 on the railway systems in the South Jytland part - ( Danish Jernbaneloven af ​​29. marts 1924 - Lov no. 74 om jernbaneanlæg i de sønderjyske landsdele ) was, in addition to the three major railway laws of Denmark from 1894, 1908 and 1918, which approved the construction and operation of most of the Danish private railways , an important legal basis for rail operations in Denmark.

This law dealt with the operation and expansion of the lines built in North Schleswig by the Prussian State Railways and other private companies before the First World War .

The law affected the railway lines in the part of Sønderjylland that belonged to Germany until the referendum in Schleswig in 1920 . With it, these lines should be brought to the same technical level as the other lines in Denmark. Before the First World War, these routes were not subject to the aforementioned Danish railway laws. After the war, many sections of the route were damaged, the narrow-gauge circular tracks ( Danish: Amtsbaner ) had been built with rails that could not be loaded and very often had a cumbersome layout.

The law granted the concessions for the construction and operation of the following standard-gauge private railways :

  1. From one point (intersection with Hejls landevej or Taps) on the Kolding – Vamdrup Øst railway via Christiansfeld and Fjelstrup to Haderslev to replace the existing Christiansfeld – Haderslev circular railway .
  2. From Vejen via Skodborg and Rødding to Gram , to replace the existing Gram – Rødding circular line.
  3. From Gram via Arnum and Toftlund to Bedsted , to replace the existing Gramm – Arnum and Arnum – Toftlund – Agerskov circular railway lines .
  4. Mommarkbanen from Sønderborg to Mommark , to replace the existing circular route between Sønderborg and Mommark and to build an additional connection via a railway bridge over the Als Sund to Sønderborg State Railway Station. The details for the construction of the bridge were specified separately by Law No. 72 of March 29, 1924. Its construction took place from 1925 to 1930. On October 7, 1930, the Kong Christian X's Bro by its namesake, King Christian X , opened.
  5. From Vojens via Gram, Fole and Obbekær to Ribe to replace the existing Vojens – Gram circular route .

The Ministry of Public Works received approval to build and operate a standard-gauge railway from Rødekro to Løgumkloster ( Danish: Klosterbanen ) at state expense to replace the existing Hovslund – Løgumkloster circuit .

Only two of the listed projects of this law were carried out: Klosterbanen and Mommarkbanen , both of which were established by the state. The other routes were served by regular road traffic when the circular railways were closed between the 1920s and 1930s.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lov om anlæg af en kombineret Vej- og Jernbanebro over Alssund and Havnebane i Sønderborg. LOV nr 72 af 29/03/1924. In: retsinformation.dk. Ministeriet for Offentlige Arbejder, March 29, 1924, accessed August 7, 2014 .