Grenaa Line

Grenaa Line
Grenaa Line
Overview
Native name	Grenaabanen
Owner	Banedanmark
Termini	Grenaa station; Aarhus Central Station;
Stations	16
Service
Type	Railway
System	Aarhus Light Rail
Operator	Aarhus Light Rail
History
Opened	Ryomgård-Grenaa 26 August 1876; Aarhus-Ryomgård 1 December 1877
Technical
Line length	68.9 kilometres (42.8 mi)
Number of tracks	Single
Character	Local railway
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	Aarhus-Ryomgård 100 km/h; Ryomgård-Grenaa 75 km/h
Route map
Route map

The Grenaa Line (Danish: Grenaabanen) is a 68.9 km (42.8 mi) long standard gauge single track railway line in Denmark which runs between Aarhus and Grenaa through the peninsula of Djursland. The railway opened in 1876–1877 and was served by Danish State Railways (DSB) for many years. It is owned and maintained by Rail Net Denmark and served with passenger trains by the Aarhus Light Rail since 2019.

History

The section from Ryomgård to Grenaa was opened in 1876 together with the Randers-Ryomgaard Line. The section from Aarhus to Ryomgaard was opened in 1877. The two railways were operated by the joint operating company Østjyske Jernbane (ØJJ). Both lines were taken over by the Danish State Railways in 1885. Passenger traffic on the Randers-Ryomgaard Line ceased in 1971.

The Grenaa Line was around 2006 upgraded to support higher speeds. In 2012, eight new Siemens Desiro diesel trains started operation here and on the Odder Line, under the brand name Aarhus Commuter Rail (Danish: Aarhus Nærbane), carrying 1 million passengers annually.

The line was closed during electrification with overhead lines, and reopened in 2019 as Aarhus Light Rail.

Future propositions

The line is currently being adapted for the Aarhus Light Rail (Danish: Aarhus Letbane), an electric tram-train service scheduled for opening in 2017, but the Grenaa Line in 2018. ^{[needs update]}

References

Citations

1 2 3 "Line information (TIB)" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
1 2 Aveo (2019-04-24). "Letbanen åbner for passagerdrift til Grenaa 30. april". Aarhus Letbane (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-12-06.
↑ På sporet af Djurslands jernbaner (in Danish). Djurslands Jernbanemuseum. 2005. p. 61.
↑ "Aarhus tram-train project gets the go-ahead". Railway Gazette International. 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2012.

Bibliography

Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1972 [Danish railways 1847–1972] (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
Jensen, Niels (1978). Østjyske jernbaner [Railways of East Jutland] (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03852-7.

External links

(in Danish) Banedanmark
(in Danish) DSB
(in Danish) Aarhus Letbane

[TIB-1] 1 2 3 "Line information (TIB)" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark. Retrieved 2014-10-14.

[aveo-2] 1 2 Aveo (2019-04-24). "Letbanen åbner for passagerdrift til Grenaa 30. april". Aarhus Letbane (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-12-06.

[3] På sporet af Djurslands jernbaner (in Danish). Djurslands Jernbanemuseum. 2005. p. 61.

[rgi20120510-4] "Aarhus tram-train project gets the go-ahead". Railway Gazette International. 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2012.