Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum
The Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum is located on the Danish island of Zealand between Ringsted and Hvalsø . It opened in 1978 and until the opening of Aarhus Letbane in 2017 was the only place in Denmark where trams still run.
There is equipment and operational vehicles from the former Danish tram companies in Aarhus (closed in 1971), København (closed in 1972) and Odense (closed in 1952) as well as numerous foreign companies such as railcars from Hamburg , Düsseldorf , Rostock and Malmö , as well as some trolleybuses .
The vehicle that had to travel the furthest distance to the museum came from Melbourne, Australia . It is a gift from the city in honor of the Danish Crown Princess Mary Donaldson , who worked in Melbourne from 1996 to 2002. The shipping company Maersk Sealand took over the transport free of charge.
The following are available for driving:
- A 300 m long route in meter gauge , on which vehicles from Aarhus, Flensburg and Basel are on the way as well
- A 1.5 km long route in standard gauge that uses the route of a former railway line and leads through the middle of a forest.
The admission tickets can be used as travel tickets at the same time , allowing an unlimited number of rides on the day of the visit.
The offer is rounded off by two exhibition halls in which numerous objects on the history of Danish local transport are shown. The hall on the left when looking at the entrance is an original tram hall from Copenhagen, which was dismantled there and rebuilt in the museum (Valby Gamle Remise).
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Coordinates: 55 ° 32 ′ 0.4 " N , 11 ° 50 ′ 42.3" E