Køge – Ringsted Banen

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Køge – Ringsted
Lines
Lines
Route of the Køge – Ringsted Banen
Overview map
Route number : KRB
Route length: 33.2 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope : 10  ‰
Minimum radius : 410 m
Top speed: 45 km / h
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 Ringsted – Rødby Færge railway line from Rødby Færge
   
 Køge – Faxe railway line. Ladeplads from Hårlev
Station, station
 0.0 Køge (from 1934 Køge Vest )
   
 Railway line Roskilde – Næstved to Roskilde
   
 S-Bahn E from Copenhagen
   
 1.0 Københavnsvej (from 1929 earth platform, after 1945 on both sides)
   
 1.7 Ølbyvej (1929-1940 without platform)
   
 Køge Å
   
 3.0 Åsen (from 1929)
   
 4.4 Lellinge Østermark (from 1929)
   
 5.9 Lellings
   
 7.6 Ny Lellinge (from 1929, platform only one year before closure)
   
 8.3 Yderholm (with a platform and wooden bus shelter )
   
 8.9 Vemmedrup (1920-1940)
   
 9.4 Lundsgårdsvej (from 1929 with platform)
   
 11.2 Bjæverskov (with animal loading)
   
 12.2 Bjæverskov Mølle (from 1929, platform only from the war years)
   
 12.9 Græsmarksvej (1929–1940 siding for reed loading )
   
 13.5 Gummersmark (smallest station, from 1927 station building)
   
 14.2 Gørslevgård (1920–1940)
   
 15.0 Østervang
   
 16.0 Gørslev Vænge (1920–1940)
   
 17.5 Nyvang (with platform and wooden bus shelter )
   
 18.4 Enghave (1920-1940)
   
 20.4 Ørslev
   
 22.0 Ottestrup (from 1929, first wooden, later concrete shelters,
   
 Siding until the 1940s)
   
 22.5 Prøvegårdsvej (1920-1940)
   
 23.3 Farendløse (also Farringløse )
   
 23.7 Mosevej (1920-1940)
   
 24.9 Fredsgårde (from 1918, from 1929 siding)
   
 26.5 Sneslev
   
 27.7 Allikegårde (from 1929 bus shelter )
   
 29.2 Haugbyrd (later Havbyrd , wooden bus shelter )
   
 30.6 Tolstrup (also Tolstrupvej , siding from 1929)
   
 Sjællandske midtbane from Hvalsö
   
 København – Fredericia railway from Roskilde
Station, station
 33.2 Ringsted
   
 Railway Roskilde – Næstved to Næstved
Route - straight ahead
 Vestbanen to Korsør

The Køge – Ringsted Banen (KRB) was a Danish private railway that connected the towns of Køge and Ringsted on the island of Zealand from 1917 to 1963 .

The København – Ringsted high-speed line, which is currently under construction, is not identical to this line between Køge and Ringsted, but will be built to the north and directly along the western motorway.

history

In the mid-1880s, the first plans were drawn up to better connect the towns of Køge and Ringsted. The vast hinterland should be well connected to Køge. In Ringsted there was little interest and so the Railroad Act of May 8, 1894 established Borup as the end point of the line. There was also no interest in the route and in the third attempt, Kværkeby was determined as the final destination by the Railway Act of May 27, 1908 . Due to this decision, however, there were fears in Ringsted that Kværkeby could develop into an important trading center at Ringsted's expense.

After further negotiations, a change in the law was made on April 1, 1913, with which the terminus in Ringsted was established. The license was granted on March 5, 1914. The route was planned in the winter of 1913/14 and the first land transfers were completed. The total expenditure was estimated at 1.6 million Danish kroner , half of which was paid by the state, while the rest was raised by the authorities, municipalities and private shareholders.

The First World War broke out in August 1914 . Although Denmark was not directly involved, it was difficult to get building materials. Two steam locomotives were ordered from Nydqvist och Holm in Sweden and corresponding wagons from Scandia in Randers . Construction work on the line began in the spring of 1915. The S 355 was acquired by the DSB in 1918 for the price of 17,000 kroner as the third steam locomotive . It was given the number KRB 3 , was retired in 1930 and scrapped in 1931.

In Køge and Ringsted, the route started at the Danske Statsbaner stations . In 1934 the KRB railway company decided to build its own Køge Vest station on the edge of the state railway station for economic reasons . A turntable and a locomotive shed were built there. At the same time, the KRB took over the ticket sales.

The administration was originally in Køge, but moved to Hårlev when a joint venture with Østsjællandske Jernbaneselskab was established in 1957 .

traffic

The opening was originally planned for November 1, 1916, but the route was not yet ready on that day. The first test drive could not be carried out until May 23, 1917. In the summer of 1917 the price of coal was very high because of the war. Nevertheless, it was decided to open the 33 km long route, which was built with rails weighing 22.45 kg per meter , on August 4, 1917 with two daily pairs of trains.

With the two steam locomotives and a passenger car and a travel time of around 1½ hours each route, four pairs of trains could be driven per day. From September 30, 1917, three pairs of trains were used. After the end of the war, only two pairs were driven again. The four pairs of trains originally planned did not run until November 15, 1923.

From Nyvang and further west most travelers drove to Ringsted, east of Nyvang to Køge. The route served as a feeder for both cities. Only a few passengers drove the entire route.

Freight traffic consisted mainly of stones, gravel, sugar beets, milk and live animals. From 1934, after the expansion of the port in Køge, the transport of coal to the gasworks in Ringsted and Sorø increased.

In the 1920s, there was competition with private cars and bus routes. Although the price of coal had fallen to a third, a deficit was generated. The operation of motor vehicles was seen as the solution. KRB rented the triangle test railcar from Hammelbanen and was one of the first private railways to use railcars. This could cover the distance in an hour, the journeys were cheaper than with steam locomotives.

The first triangle railcar was bought in 1927, followed by another in 1928. The economic crisis required a lot of savings. In 1937 a third triangle car was acquired from DSB after a recruitment recommendation by the traffic commission ( Danish tobacco commission ) from 1936. Now the expensive steam operation could be completely dispensed with.

During the Second World War , two triangle cars were fitted with a gas generator to keep them running during the war. To save further, many of the stops opened in 1929 were no longer served from 1940. After the war, an omnibus was converted for rail operation and took over two pairs of trains a day.

In 1948, many Danish private railways ordered new Scandia railcars. KRB was not interested in a purchase, nor was it in 1952 when a second series of railcars was launched. In 1954, another recruitment recommendation was made by a consortium of banks, which was not followed. In 1957 a used railcar was purchased from the disused Vejle – Vandel – Grindsted Jernbane to replace the worn out first triangle car. The deficit increased from year to year while the number of passengers decreased.

In order to continue operations, large investments would have been required for the renewal of the 1917 track bed and equipment. At an extraordinary general meeting on August 9, 1962, it was decided to discontinue the route and to introduce regular bus services from April 1, 1963. In 1963, the year of shutdown, the KRB drove seven pairs of trains on weekdays and six pairs of trains on Sundays and public holidays.

The locomotive shed in Køge burned out completely on January 10, 1963 with three railcars under it. A railcar was hired from ØSJS for the last few days of operation. On Sunday, March 31, 1963, the ØSJS M 1 drove the last train, the next day the company began to operate.

Train stations

Ørslev, the largest station on the route, had a crossing track with 180 m and a loading track with 84 m length. There was also a short branch track with an end ramp. The other six stations as well as the Yderholm and Havbyrd stops had crossing tracks with a length of 115 m.

The station building and the engine shed were designed by the architect Christian Sylow . The later built Køge Vest station was designed by Tage Nielsen. This station building was used as a bus station after the line was closed. It was demolished when Køge Station was rebuilt in 1983 to accommodate the S-Bahn. The other station buildings on the route have been preserved.

  • Lellings

  • Bjæverskov

  • Gummersmark

  • Østervang

  • Ørslev

  • Farendløse

  • Sneslev

Sections of the route preserved

After the closure, the municipality of Køge bought the route through the city to Køge Ås to build a cycle path. A total of seven kilometers of the route have been preserved and are accessible. Ringsted bought the line from the train station through the city as a municipal connecting line on which DSB could continue freight traffic. Overgrown remnants of this 1½ km long stretch can still be seen on the way to Ringsted Airport.

  • North-east of Emilievej in Køge

  • At the Køgehalle

  • Foundations of the bridge over Køge Å

  • Railway embankment east of Lellinge

  • West of Lellinge

  • From Bjæverskov to Vemmedrup

  • Between Bjæverskov and Gummersmark

  • By Gørslev Vænge

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