Planned railway lines on Vendsyssel

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Planned railway lines on Vendsyssel, drawn in red

Planned railway lines on Vendsyssel were several branch lines in the historical landscape of Vendsyssel , the eastern part of the Danish island Vendsyssel-Thy (North Jutian Island), which were decided with various railway laws, but never came to fruition.

history

As in many other countries, numerous railway lines were planned in Denmark in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . For various reasons, many places wanted to be “connected to the big world” via the railroad . Often, however, mostly due to a lack of money or an unconvincing operating concept, the planning was not carried out. Vendsyssel had been developed in the interior from Aalborg to Hjørring and then in a west-east direction to Frederikshavn on the Frederikshavn – Aalborg ( Vendsysselbanen ) railway since 1871 .

The railway line Frederikshavn – Skagen ( Skagensbanen ) to Skagen from 1890, initially as a narrow-gauge railway , and the railway line Hjørring – Hirtshals ( Hirtshalsbanen ) to Hirtshals from 1925 connected the port cities on the north coast of the island with the Vendsysselbane . Along the east coast, the villages were connected by the Fjerritslev – Frederikshavn railway from 1897, while the west had another rail link from 1913 through the Hjørring – Løkken – Aabybro Jernbane ( Løkkenbanen ). The small port town of Aså on the east coast was connected in 1914 by the Ørsø – Asaa railway to the route from Fjerritslev to Frederikshavn.

Other cross-connections were the Hjørring – Hørby railway from 1913 and the Vodskov – Østervrå railway from 1924, which ran between the Vendsysselbane and the east coast.

In addition, there were several other railway lines on Vendsyssel, which were decided by railway laws, but never built. Two of them were based in Brønderslev. With the routes, other locations on the island would have been connected to the rail network.

Brønderslev – Ørsø railway line

The Brønderslev – Ørsø railway line was approved by the Railway Act of May 6, 1921 . It was determined that the state would have assumed half of the construction costs of the route to be constructed as a private railway. However, a license was never applied for.

The line should have been operated jointly with the Brønderslev – Blokhus railway line , which was also not realized.

The following stations were to be built along the route, which is around 35 kilometers long:

Brønderslev – Blokhus railway line

The Brønderslev – Blokhus railway line was approved by the Railway Act of March 20, 1918 . It was determined that the state would have assumed half of the construction costs of the route to be constructed as a private railway.

The line should have been operated jointly with the Brønderslev – Ørsø railway, which was also not realized.

The following stations should be built on the route, which is around 24 kilometers long:

Frederikshavn – Østervraa railway line

The Frederikshavn – Østervraa railway line was approved by the Railway Act of March 20, 1918 . This line was an extension of the railway line Vodskov – Østervrå decided in the Railway Act of May 27, 1908 . It was determined that the state would have assumed half of the construction costs of the route to be constructed as a private railway. A license was never applied for.

The following stations should be built on the route, which is around 25 kilometers long:

Gandrup – Hals railway line

The Gandrup – Hals railway line was also approved by the Railway Act of March 20, 1918 . The law also contained a possible extension of the route to Hou . It was determined that the state would have assumed half of the construction costs of the route to be constructed as a private railway. A license was never applied for.

The following stations should be built on the route, which is around ten kilometers long:

Hjørring – Aalbæk railway line

The Hjørring – Aalbæk (HA) railway line was approved by the Railway Act of May 28, 1915 . It was determined that the state would assume 75 percent of the construction costs of the route to be constructed as a private railway. The concession was granted on December 19, 1925.

The line was designed as a main line, with the Hjørring – Hirtshals line from Vellinghøj station as a branch line. However, the branch line to Hirtshals was completed first and opened on December 18, 1925. In 1933 the originally planned route to Aalbaek was abandoned.

The following stations should be built on the route, which is around 36 kilometers long:

Although the plans for the construction of the Hjørring – Aalbæk Jernbane (HA) were no longer pursued, the company name HA remained until 1932. With the opening of the line to Hirtshals , the vehicles for the originally planned Hjørring – Aalbæk Jernbane were procured and given the registration number HA , which they carried until the 1940s.

In total, the following vehicles were procured:

Steam locomotives
number Surname design type Wheel alignment Manufacturer Fabr.-No./
year of construction		 Special
31 Tank locomotive 1 C t Henschel , Kassel 20,448
1925		 redrawn to HP 5 between 1943 and 1947 , retired in 1965 and scrapped in Vejle
32 Tank locomotive 1 C t Henschel, Kassel 20,449
1925		 redrawn to HP 6 between 1943 and 1947 , retired in 1965 and scrapped in Vejle
Diesel railcars / diesel locomotives
number Wheel alignment Manufacturer Fabr.-No./
year of construction		 Special
M 31 1A A1 Scandia , Randers 2.156
1925		 Railcar, redrawn as HP M 23 in 1945 , parked in 1968, retired and scrapped in 1969
HA 40 B. Breuer , Frankfurt am Main 2,107
1940		 Shunting tractor, redrawn as HP 41 in 1945 , sold to Sakskøbing Sukkerfabrik in 1955; 1962 at Lollandsbanen , LJ M 6; 1977 sold privately to Ringsted, 1994 to Struer Jernbaneklub (1994–2008), restored in 2007 and exhibited in the Jernbanemuseet in Struer

In addition, there were eleven two-axle freight wagons from Scandia in 1925 and three Bænkevogn (freight wagons with the option of converting for passenger transport) in 1926 . In 1925 two passenger cars 2/3 came from the same supplier. Class, two 3rd class passenger cars, two mail / baggage cars and, in 1927, a sidecar for the railcar.

The company issued railway service stamps for rail mail in 1925 , which were marked with HA and which were stamped in Hirtshals in 1927 with the inscription Hjørring-Aalbæk JB , although this route never existed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ole Gold, Ole L. Nielsen: Hjørring Privatbaner. Hjørring – Hirtshals. In: EVP Danmark. Retrieved September 7, 2019 (Danish).
  2. ↑ Hjørring – Hirtshals Banen. (PDF) In: jernbanearkivalier.dk. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015 ; accessed on April 24, 2019 (Danish).
  3. ↑ Hjørring - Ålbæk - HA. Steam locomotive. In: Jernbanen.dk. Retrieved January 20, 2015 (Danish).
  4. ↑ Hjørring - Ålbæk - HA. Motor locomotives. In: Jernbanen.dk. Retrieved January 20, 2015 (Danish).

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