B (S-train)
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B, Bx | |
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![]() An advertisement train at Østerport station | |
Overview | |
Status | Operational |
Owner | Banedanmark |
Locale | Metropolitan Copenhagen |
Termini | |
Stations | 29 |
Service | |
Type | Suburban rail, urban rail |
System | S-train |
Operator(s) | DSB |
History | |
Opened | 15 May 1934 |
Technical | |
Line length | 39 km (24 mi) |
Number of tracks | 2 |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
Electrification | 1650 V DC overhead lines |
Operating speed | 120 km/h |
B is a service on the S-train network in Copenhagen. It runs between Farum and Høje Taastrup and provides stopping services on the S-train system's Farum radia and Tåstrup radial.
B is one of the base services on the network, running every 20 minutes from about 5:00 to 1:00 every day, and every 10 minutes between about 6:00 to 19:00 on weekdays. On Friday and Saturday nights there is also a 30 minutes service throughout the night.[1]
History
Since the first part of the Taastrup radial opened in 1953, letter B has been used for its principal service. Before that the characteristic of service B was that it was the stopping trains to Holte.
Name | Southern end | Years | Northern end |
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1b | terminated at København H | 1936–1940 | Nordbanen: all stops to Holte |
Frederikssundbanen: all stops to Valby |
1940–1941 | ||
all stops to Vanløse | 1941–1949 | ||
all stops to Ballerup | 1949–1950 | ||
B | terminated at København H | 1950–1953 | |
Vestbanen: all stops to Glostrup |
1953–1963 | ||
all stops to Taastrup | 1963–1979 | ||
1979–1986 | Hareskovbanen: all stops to Farum | ||
all stops to Høje Taastrup | 1986–1989 | ||
1989–2014 | Nordbanen: all stops to Holte | ||
2014– | Hareskovbanen: all stops to Farum |
Bb, L, B+
From 1972 to 1979, the service on the Taastrup branch was supplemented on weekdays by service E (q.v.). In 1979 a separate daytime reinforcement service Bb was created; it ran every 20 minutes with a 10-minute offset to service B such that the Tåstrup radial effectively had a 10-minute frequency. Under the timetable doctrine followed in those years, a service letter such as B could not be used for more than exactly 3 trains an hour, so a separate service designation was needed for these daytime supplements. They later changed their name to L and then to B+, and were finally folded into B with the 2007 timetable.
Name | Southern end | Years | Northern end |
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Bb | Vestbanen: all stops to Taastrup |
1979–1986 | terminated at Hellerup |
all stops to Høje Taastrup | 1986–1989 | ||
L | 1989–1995 | Nordbanen: all stops to Holte | |
B+ | 1995–2007 | ||
Joined into B from September 2007 |
Bx
Rush-hour supplements for B ran from 1955:
Name | Southern end | Years | Northern end |
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– | terminated at København H | 1955–1963 | Nordbanen: all stops to Lyngby |
– | Vestbanen: all stops to Hvidovre |
1960–1963 | terminated at Hellerup |
Bx | to Taastrup, non-stop København H - Hvidovre | 1963–1972 | to Lyngby, non-stop Østerport - Bernstorffsvej |
to Taastrup, non-stop København H - Valby - Glostrup | 1972–1979 | ||
1979–1986 | Hareskovbanen: to Farum, non-stop Østerport - Kildebakke and Bagsværd - Værløse | ||
as above, extended to Høje Taastrup | 1986–1989 | ||
as above, plus all stops until Valby | 1989–1993 | as above, plus stop in Vangede | |
to Høje Taastrup, non-stop København H - Valby | 1993–1995 | to Hellerup, non-stop from Østerport | |
as above, except non-stop Valby - Glostrup | 1995–2001 | terminated at København H | |
2001–2002 | to Hellerup, non-stop from Østerport | ||
2002–2004 | all stops to Hellerup | ||
to Høje Taastrup daytime Mon-Fri; non-stop Danshøj - Glostrup | 2005 | Klampenborgbanen: all stops to Klampenborg daytime Mon-Fri | |
No service in 2006 due to infrastructure works | |||
Bx | to Høje Taastrup rush hour Mon-Fri; non-stop Danshøj - Glostrup | 2007-2009 | Hareskovbanen: to Farum rush hour Mon-Fri; non-stop Ryparken - Vangede and in Skovbrynet |
as above, but only morning rush | Dec 2009– | terminates at Østerport |
References
- ^ "DSB S-train valid until December 2017" (PDF). DSB. p. 3:8 for line B (&Bx).