Track map for Sjælland

This map shows all lines on Sjælland except for those shown on maps A, B, and M.

These lines are state railways:

• Glostrup - Roskilde - Ringsted - Slagelse - Korsør
  Vestbanen, the national main line towards Fyn and Jylland

  The bridge and tunnel across Storebælt between Korsør and Nyborg opened in 1997. Before that there was a railway ferry connection between those cities; the very large station areas that serviced the ferries are now being abandoned, but I'm preserving their track maps as a historic feature.

• Roskilde - Tølløse - Holbæk - Kalundborg
  Nordvestbanen

• Ringsted - Næstved - Vordingborg
  Sydbanen, which continues to the twin islands of Lolland and Falster south of Sjælland. Day EuroCity trains to Hamburg go this way.

• Roskilde - Køge - Næstved
  Known as the »little south« branch, was the original line to Næstved before Ringsted-Næstved was built in the early 20th century.

And these are private (i.e. owned by local authorities):

• Holbæk - Nykøbing Sj
  OHJ (Odsherreds Jernbane)
• Slagelse - Høng - Tølløse
  HTJ (Høng-Tølløse Jernbane)

  OHJ and HTJ are operated by the same company, owned by the local and regional authorities in the area. It is based in Holbæk; its turntable and workshops are shown left of the platforms on the map.

  The line from Slagelse to Høng was once a DSB branch line that continued from Høng to Værslev, short of Kalundborg. The upper part of the continuation has now been removed, but the innermost stretch from Høng to at least Gørlev still exists (though not shown on the map), and is sometimes used for steam trips in the summer. The DSB track from Slagelse to Høng had long been used exclusively by HTJ and occasional freight hauls to Gørlev, but only in the late 1990's it was formally abandoned by DSB and sold to HTJ. Originally the price was said to be DKR 1 - but a couple of months later the line was sold to HTJ once again for DKR 50,000. The point in Høng where the HTJ proper branches off is still noticeable when you go past it. As far as I know, the freight traffic to Gørlev continues, but the cars are now exchanged in Tølløse and driven all the way down HTJ by the private railway's ex-DSB 'MX' locos.

  HTJ is said to have rebuilt the stations Løve and Havrebjerg vith passing loops, but I have not yet been around to bring home corrected track maps.

Rail service to Skelskør has been missing for decades, but the tracks in the city of Skelskør itself are used by the Omstigningsklubben tram preservation society.

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