Gjedser Jernbane
| A / S Gjedser Jernbane | |
|---|---|
| legal form | A / S |
| founding | 1894 |
| resolution | 1960 |
| Seat | Nykøbing F. |
| Branch | Rail transport |
A / S Gjedser Jernbane was a private Danish railway company that existed from 1884 to 1960. She built the railway line from Nykøbing F. to Gedser .
history
In 1883 the Danish government turned to the banker and industrialist Carl Frederik Tietgen and suggested that he apply for a concession to build and operate the Gjedser Jernbane and the port in Gedser . Det Lolland-Falsterske Jernbaneselskab would then rent the line for an annual lease of 120,000 crowns .
On this basis, on May 29, 1884, Tietgen was granted the concession for 80 years and founded A / S Gjedser Jernbane . The concession stipulated that the railway line and port must be completed on July 1, 1886.
Railway construction
The private railway line between Nykøbing F. and Gedser was built in 1885/1886. It had the same exit station as the Nykøbing – Orehoved line, opened in 1872 . The inauguration of the approximately 23 km long line took place on the agreed date on July 1, 1886. Originally only the two stations Væggerløse (6 km from Nykøbing) and Fiskebæk (15 km from Nykøbing) were located on the line. For the operation of the line, the company procured its own six separate tender locomotives FY 9-14 , and Det Lolland-Falsterske Jernbaneselskab (LFJ) took over management .
1888 a breakpoint was built 17 kilometers from Nykøbing from which a private siding of Interessentskabet Gedesby Læssespor for loading sugar beet to the sugar factory was built in Nykøbing. The breakpoint was named Gedesby. Marrebæk station was established in 1887, 11 kilometers from Nykøbing. A parking and loading track was only built here in 1929.
Since 1886 there was a ferry connection from Gedser to Rostock, from which the railway ferry connection to Warnemünde was created in 1903 .
Takeover of the leases
In 1890 LFJ did not have the funds to pay for a necessary reconstruction of the railway bridge over Guldborgsund on the railway to Nakskov . The solution was that the state paid for this conversion and received the lease for their two lines on Falster, Orehoved – Nykøbing and Gedserbanen . In 1893 the state took over both routes with the associated vehicles.
Takeover by Danske Statsbaner
As part of the expansion of the international ferry connection, the route was leased by Danske Statsbaner (DSB) from January 1, 1893 . This allowed DSB to control the continuous connection to Germany. A / S Gjedser Jernbane existed as an independent railway company until 1960. Then the company was completely transferred to DSB, but this was of no practical importance.
literature
- John Poulsen red: Jernbanehistorisk årbog '11 . 2011, ISBN 978-87-91434-29-7 (Danish, 64 pages).
Web links
- Gjedser Jernbane 1886-1892. Local history Arkiver i Sydøstdanmark, accessed on October 20, 2016 (Danish).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fiskebæk station. danskefilm.dk, accessed October 20, 2016 (Danish).
- ^ Josef Pospichal: Gjedser Jernbane (GJ). Retrieved October 20, 2016 .