Vejle – Give Jernbaneselskab

Vejle-Give
Jelling railway station
Map of Vejle – Holstebro Jernbane
Route length:	32 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Operating points and routes
Legend 32 Give 27 Farre (until 1969 station, stop until 1979) 21st Gadbjerg (station until 1969, stop until 1979) 18th Mølvang (until 1965) 14th Jelling 11 Hørup (station until 1958, stop until 1963 8th Højgård (ticket office, until 1963) 5 Grejsdal (until 1970 person stop) 2 Vejle Nord (formerly train station) Vejle – Vandel railway to Vandel Transfer track to Vejle

The Vejle-Give Jernbaneselskab (VGJ) was a private Danish railway company . She built the Vejle – Give railway line . The line, which was taken over by the Danish state in 1912 and integrated into the Vejle – Holstebro line in 1914 , was occasionally called Grejsdalsbanen .

history

With the Railway Act of April 12, 1889 , the construction of a narrow-gauge railway from Vejle to Give was decided. The Danish state guaranteed a grant of 100,000 crowns for the construction of the line . This was the third attempt to build a railway line between the two locations. In 1882 and 1887 the proposal was rejected.

The legal text was changed to a standard gauge railway with the Railway Act of April 11, 1890 . On June 15, 1892 Vejle-Give Jernbaneselskab (VGJ) was granted the concession for the construction on the condition that the opening had to take place by May 1, 1896.

The engineering office Gluud, Werner and Winkel was able to build the line without any major problems. Construction began in July 1892. Commissioning took place on August 2, 1894. Three days later, scheduled operation began with three pairs of trains. The journey time was over 1 ½ hours for the 30 km long route.

All station buildings on the route were designed by the Danish architect Thomas Arboe .

route

In order to save the connection fees for the entrance to the train station Vejle der Danske Statsbaner (DSB), the company built its own station north of the state train station, Vejle Nord. Both stations were connected with a transfer track.

In 1897 the Vejle Nord station was expanded, since from 10 September 1897 the private railway line Vejle – Vandel to Vandel (VVGJ) also ended here. Vejle N the rise of the railway started by Grejsdalen to the station Grejsdal , on to the breakpoint Højgaard, breakpoint Hørup, Station Jelling , breakpoint Mølvang, Gadbjerg station to station Farre to the railhead to achieve Give.

vehicles

Two steam locomotives and various freight and passenger cars were procured for the start of operations on the line, and the stock was later expanded:

Steam locomotives

number	design type	Wheel alignment	Manufacturer	Construction year	Whereabouts
1	Tender locomotive	2 B	Jung & Staimer OHG , Kirchen (Sieg)	185/1894	drawn by Otto Friedrich August buses , outer cylinder, Allan valve, 2 Salter safety valves , vacuum brake on the locomotive, handbrake on a Tender , delivered on May 19, 1894 new firebox 1908, 1914 Vejle-Vandel-Grindsted Jernbane (VVGJ) , VVGJ 1
2	Tender locomotive	2 B	Jung & Staimer OHG, Kirchen (Sieg)	186/1894	Drawn by Otto Friedrich August Busse, outer cylinder, Allan control, 2 Salter safety valves, vacuum brake on the locomotive, handbrake on the tender, new fire box 191/12, 1914 to Vejle – Vandel – Grindsted Jernbane (VVGJ) , VVGJ 2
3	Tender locomotive	2 B	Jung & Staimer OHG, Kirchen (Sieg)	374/1899	1907 from Fjerritslev – Frederikshavn Jernbane - FFJ 10 - bought for 20,000 kroner, external cylinder, Allan control, 2 Salter safety valves, vacuum brake on the locomotive, handbrake on the tender, put into operation on October 14, 1907, 1914 at Vejle – Vandel– Grindsted Jernbane (VVGJ) , VVGJ 3

At the beginning the two locomotives were sufficient, there were also 16 freight cars from Waggonbau Görlitz and four cars from Smedemester Mørch in Frederikshavn .

When the line to Vandel was opened, the two locomotives were too few for operations and a locomotive had to be borrowed from VVGJ all the time. Therefore, in 1907, VGJ bought a used locomotive, the FFJ 10 . From 1912 the H 41 from DSB was rented for 500 crowns per year. The number of cars was increased through purchases from Görlitz, Vulcan and Scandia . At the beginning the vehicles were marked with the initials VGB . This was changed to VGJ in 1906.

Takeover by the state

With the Railway Act of May 27, 1908 , it was decided that DSB should extend the line from Herning to Holstebro and also take over the line from Vejle to Give, after the route between Give and Herning had already been decided on the basis of the Railway Act of April 27, 1900 and was built. This section was inaugurated on October 11, 1904. Construction of the new line to Holstebro began in 1911 and was put into operation on January 1, 1914.

The Danish state acquired ownership of the VGJ in 1912, but DSB did not manage the company until October 1, 1914.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vejle – Herning. toptop.dk, archived from the original on April 9, 2016 ; Retrieved September 17, 2017 (Danish). 
2. ↑ Vejle – Give Jernbane - VGJ. Steam locomotive. jernbanen.dk, accessed on March 25, 2016 (Danish). 

Web links

• Vejle – Give Jernbane - VGJ. Histories and rolling matter. jernbanen.dk, accessed on March 25, 2016 (Danish).