Train owned by the company, going along the railway

Vestbanen A/S, also known as Varde-Nørre Nebel Jernbane (VNJ), is a Danish railway company. Formerly owned by Ribe County (until the Danish Municipal Reform of 2007), the company leased its trains and infrastructure to Arriva, which operates Vestbanen's railway line between Varde and Nørre Nebel since 2002. Established in 1903, the company was originally headquartered in Varde, but is now administered from the county's offices in Ribe. The company is wholly owned by the Region of Southern Denmark.

The Varde–Nørre Nebel railway line (also called Vestbanen, literally meaning "the West Line") is 37 kilometres (23 mi) long and was opened for traffic in 1903. It has standard gauge and is not electrified.

Varde Vest station was originally the terminus for the trains, but today almost all the trains connects with the Varde-Esbjerg line and continues to stations like Ribe, Tønder and Niebüll.

During The second world war, the rail line saw a huge increase in traffic, mainly because of the German expansion of Oksbøllejren and Nymindegablejren as part of the Atlantic wall.

Stations

List of stations on the current Vestbane from Varde to Nørre Nebel[1]

Station Opened[2] Total Boadings (2021)[3] Distance from Varde st. (km)[4] Notes
Varde 1874 104743 0,0
Frisvadvej 1962 9868 1,5 Request Stop
Varde Vest 1903 40583 2,4
Boulevarden 1987 2351 3,5 Request Stop
Hyllerslev 1903 143 7,4 Request Stop
Janderup 2002 5949 8,9 Request Stop
Billum 1903 4215 11,7 Request Stop
Oksbøl 1903 23199 15,1
Baunhøj 1942 11407 16,4 Request Stop
Vrøgum 1903 7529 18,2 Request Stop
Jegum 1992 841 19,6 Request Stop
Dyreby 1945 289 23,6 Request Stop
Henne 1903 3491 25,0 Request Stop
Outrup 1903 28938 27,7 Request Stop
Løftgård 1945 865 29,1 Request Stop
Lunde J 1903 8075 32,2 Request Stop
Nørre Nebel 1903 25344 37,3

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Se strækningskøreplanerne".
  2. ↑ "Liste over alle Danske stationer og stoppesteder". danskejernbaner.dk. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  3. ↑ "ArcGIS Dashboards". www.arcgis.com. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  4. ↑ "Varde-Noerre-Nebel-Jernbane-Arriva". danskejernbaner.dk. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
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