Langå-Struer Line

Langå–Struer Line
	File:DK 2012 Langå-Struer-banen.jpg The Langå-Struer railway line
Overview
Native name	Langå-Struer-banen
Type	Railway
System	Danish railway
Termini	Langå station; Struer station
Stations	10
Operation
Opened	Langå-Viborg: 21 July 1863; Viborg-Skive: October 17, 1864; Skive-Struer: November 17, 1865
Owner	Banedanmark
Operator(s)	Arriva; DSB
Character	Passenger trains; Freight trains
Technical
Line length	102.4 kilometres (63.6 mi)
No. of tracks	Single
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	120 km/h

The Langå-Struer Line or the Langå-Struer Railway (Danish: Langå-Struer banen) is a 102.4 km (63.6 mi)^[1] long standard gauge single track railway line in Denmark which runs through the central Jutland region between Langå and Struer. The section from Langå to Viborg opened in 1863, the section from Viborg to Skive in 1864 and the section from Skive to Struer in 1865. The line is owned and maintained by Rail Net Denmark and served with intercity trains by the Danish State Railways (DSB) and regional trains by Arriva.

History

Langå Station in 1912.

The Langå-Struer Line was the second railway line to open in Northern Jutland after the Aarhus-Randers Line which opened in 1862.

The line was constructed by the civil engineering partnership Peto, Brassey and Betts for the Danish state. The section from Langå to Viborg opened on 21 July 1863, the section from Viborg to Skive on 17 October 1864 and the section from Skive to Struer on 17 November 1865. The construction was influenced by the Second Schleswig War in 1864 which delayed the opening of the sections west of Viborg.