The Tølløse Line ( da, Tølløsebanen) (previously Høng-Tølløse Jernbane (HTJ) is a long standard gauge

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passenger

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between

Tølløse Tølløse, a railroad town, has a population of 3,759 (1 January 2022).Slagelse Slagelse () is a town on Zealand, Denmark. The town is the seat of Slagelse Municipality, and is the biggest town of the municipality. It is located 15 km east of Korsør, 16 km north-east of Skælskør, 33 km south-east of Kalundborg and 14 k ...

in the western part of the island of

Zealand Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020. It is th ...

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. It runs from

Tølløse station Tølløse, a railroad town, has a population of 3,759 (1 January 2022).Northwest Line The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...

Slagelse station Slagelse railway station ( da, Slagelse Station or ''Slagelse Banegård'') is the main railway station serving the town of Slagelse in southwestern Zealand, Denmark. It is located in the centre of the town, on the northern edge of the historic tow ...

on the Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line, through a mainly rural area. The section from Tølløse to

Høng Høng is a town with a population of 4,355 (1 January 2022)Høng Høng is a town with a population of 4,355 (1 January 2022)Slagelse-Værslev Line. The railway is currently operated by the

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Lokaltog. Lokaltog runs frequent

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services from

Tølløse station Tølløse, a railroad town, has a population of 3,759 (1 January 2022).Slagelse station Slagelse railway station ( da, Slagelse Station or ''Slagelse Banegård'') is the main railway station serving the town of Slagelse in southwestern Zealand, Denmark. It is located in the centre of the town, on the northern edge of the historic tow ...

History

HTJ Høng Tølløse Jernbane OHJ Schienenbustriebwagen S 31 832909

The railway line from

Tølløse Tølløse, a railroad town, has a population of 3,759 (1 January 2022).Høng Høng is a town with a population of 4,355 (1 January 2022)Tølløse station Tølløse, a railroad town, has a population of 3,759 (1 January 2022).Northwest Line The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...

with Høng station on the Slagelse-Værslev Line. The section from Høng to

Slagelse Slagelse () is a town on Zealand, Denmark. The town is the seat of Slagelse Municipality, and is the biggest town of the municipality. It is located 15 km east of Korsør, 16 km north-east of Skælskør, 33 km south-east of Kalundborg and 14 k ...

opened on 1 May 1898 as part of the Slagelse-Værslev Line. The section from Høng to Værslev of the Slagelse-Værslev Line was closed on 23 May 1971. In May 2003, the operating company ''Høng-Tølløse Jernbane A/S'' (HTJ) was merged with the operating company of the Odsherred Line, ''Odsherreds Jernbane A/S'', to form the railway company '' Vestjællands Lokalbaner'' (VL). On 1 January 2009, Vestsjællands Lokalbaner was again merged with the operating companies of the East Line and the Lolland Line to form the railway company '' Regionstog A/S'' (RT) responsible for train operation on four local railways on the islands of

Lolland Lolland (; formerly spelled ''Laaland'', literally "low land") is the fourth largest island of Denmark, with an area of . Located in the Baltic Sea, it is part of Region Sjælland (Region Zealand). As of 1 January 2022, it has 57,618 inhabitan ...

and

Falster Falster () is an island in south-eastern Denmark with an area of and 43,398 inhabitants as of 1 January 2010.

. Regionstog A/S again merged with '' Lokalbanen A/S'' on 1 July 2015 to form the railway company '' Lokaltog A/S'' which is currently responsible for train operation and related passenger services on the Tølløse Line.

Operations

Trains on the Tølløse Line are operated by the

Lokaltog. Lokaltog runs frequent

services from

Stations

Tølløse Tølløse, a railroad town, has a population of 3,759 (1 January 2022).Kirke Eskilstrup * Udstrup, closed *

Store Merløse Store Merløse is a town on Sjælland in Denmark with a population of 1,208 (1 January 2024).Bagmarken * Nyrup * Oustrup, closed in 1975 * Stenlille * Vedde *

Dianalund Dianalund is a railway town on the west central part of the island of Zealand, Denmark. It has a population of 4,057 (1 January 2023),

* Skellebjerg * Konradineslyst, closed * Hestehaven, opened in 1929, closed in 1974 * Ruds Vedby * Kulby, closed *

Høng Høng is a town with a population of 4,355 (1 January 2022)Løve Løve (Danish, 'Lion') is a surname derived from "Lion". See also * * Löve (disambiguation) *Love (disambiguation) * Norske Løve (disambiguation) * ''Den Røde Løve'' (Danish ship) *Mia Hansen-Løve Mia Hansen-Løve (born 5 February 1981) ...

, closed in 2011 * Havrebjerg, closed in 2011 *

References

External links

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