The Lemvig Line ( or ''Vemb-Lemvig-Thyborøn Jernbane'' (''VLTJ'')) is a local railway line in Northwest Jutland,
Denmark
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. Established in 1879, the line extends from Vemb via
Lemvig
Lemvig is a market town located on the Limfjord in North Jutland, Denmark. The town has a population of 6,741 (2025),Thyborøn
Thyborøn is a fishing village in Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 1,816 (1 January 2024),
Operating company
Until 1 January 2008, the line was operated by the company Vemb-Lemvig-Thyborøn Jernbane A/S, which has been merged with
Odderbanen
The Odder Line (), also known formerly as the Hads-Ning Herreders Jernbane (HHJ), is a long standard-gauge single track (rail), single-track light-rail line which connects the city of Aarhus to the town of Odder in the Central Denmark Region. T ...
's operating company to form Midtjyske Jernbaner.
The railway was used to test a prototype
hydrogen
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-powered train in 2010.
Stations
Victoria Street Station
A single platform station on the line. Its original name was Vejlby Stoppested. Previously, passengers who wanted to ride the train had to turn the signal themselves, a vertical pole with a plate at the top, to make the train stop. The train driver then made sure to turn the signal back before the train moved on.
This station, approximately 1 km north of Vejlby, in a popular summer tourist spot, was originally open during the summer period to cater for the bathing tourists who from Vejlby Nord had to travel approximately 500m to the sea along a gravel road.
The name Victoria Street Station was assigned by some citizens, allegedly at a time when the Lemvig Line took too long to refit a nameplate at the platform. The name refers to a nearby ''Viktoriavej'' and was formally recognized by the railway company in 1991.
Popular culture
The railway achieved fame in Denmark, when the band in 1985 wrote the song "VLTJ" describing a trip with the railway. This song later achieved cult status.
The song is based on the Irish folk song " Poor Paddy works on the Railway".
See also
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Rail transport in Denmark
The rail transport system in Denmark consists of of railway lines, of which the Copenhagen S-train network, the main line Helsingør-Copenhagen-Padborg (at the Denmark–Germany border, German border), and the Lunderskov-Esbjerg line are railwa ...
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List of railway lines in Denmark
Denmark has more than of railway lines, of which most are under the control of Banedanmark; a number of private railways run their own lines.
Banedanmark lines
* Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov
* Copenhagen–Ringsted
* Ringsted–Rødby Fà ...