Hjørring – Hørby Jernbane

Hjørring – Hørby
The route of the train
Location of Hjørring – Hørby Jernbane
Route length:	35 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	10  ‰
Top speed:	45 km / h
Legend Railway line Hjørring – Hirtshals from Hirtshals 3.2 Herregårdsparken Hjørring – Løkken – Aabybro Jernbane from Løkken (from 1942) 1.6 Teglgårdsvej to the workshop 0.5 Kvægtorvet Hjørring – Løkken – Aabybro Jernbane from Løkken (until 1942) 0.0 Hjørring Vestbanegård Frederikshavn – Aalborg railway from Frederikshavn 0.0 Hjørring Railway line Frederikshavn – Aalborg to Aalborg Fuglsig (1930 to mid-1940s) 6.7 Ilbro (loading platform 91 m) 8.9 Lørslev (loading platform 95 m) 11.6 Bøjholm (originally occupied agency, author from 1920) 14.0 Tårs (crossing track 205 m, loading track 93 m) Bjørnstrup (from 1925) 17.8 Tranget (loading platform 92 m) 20.8 Sæsing (loading platform 107 m) 22.5 Dalvang (from 1933) Vodskov – Østervrå railway from Vodskov 24.8 Østervrå (crossing track 173 m, loading track 93 m) 26.7 Lindholm (from 1928) 29.6 Thorshøj (loading platform 92 m) 31.1 Tamstrup Fjerritslev – Frederikshavn railway from Frederikshavn 35.0 Hørby Railway line Fjerritslev – Frederikshavn to Fjerritslev

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

Tårs

• 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.

Locomotives

number	Surname	design type	Wheel alignment	Manufacturer	Fabr.-No./ year of construction	Special
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

Bridge over Aalborgbanen

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

1. ^ Hjørring - Hørby - HH, Historien og det rullende materiel. In: jernbanen.dk. Retrieved June 27, 2015 (Danish). 
2. ↑ Hjørring - Hørby - HH, steam locomotive. In: jernbanen.dk. Retrieved July 21, 2014 (Danish). 

Web links

Commons : Hørbybanen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 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).