Copenhagen 1936

VIDEOS


Above: YouTube^CA video - Trams in Copenhagen 1972 (Sporvogne i København 1972) - Length: 3:36 mins.	Above: YouTube^CA video - Sporvogne [Trams] - Length: 30:42 mins.	Above: YouTube^CA video - I førerrummet paa gammelt S-tog 2002 [In the cab of the old S-train 2002] - Length: 3:39 mins.

PHOTOS

MAPS

Copenhagen 1936 tram map

INSET: CENTRAL COPENHAGEN

Copenhagen 1936 downtown tram map

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS

At	Axeltorv	Rp	Raadhusplads
HCA	H.C. Andersens Boulevard	Vb	Vesterbrogade
Hg	Hammerichsgade	VV	Vester Voldgade
IB	Islands Brygge

I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).

Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.

ROUTES

TRAM ROUTES

Operator: Københavns Sporveje (KS)

1	Dagas Boul. – Peter Bangs Vej – Gammel Kongevej – Vesterbrogade - Raadhusplads – Vester Voldgade - Højbro – Kongens Nytorv – Bredgade [back: St. Kongensgade] – Østerport – Trianglen – Østerbrogade – Svanemøllen – Hellerup
2	Brønshøj – Godthaabsvej – Gyldenløvesgade – H.C. Andersens Boulevard – Højbro – Christianshavn – Amagerbrogade – Sundby
3	Frederiksholm – Enghavevej – Enghave Plads - H. C. Ørsteds Vej – Blegdamsvej – Trianglen – Strandboulevard
4	Svanemøllen – Østerbrogade – Trianglen – Øster Farimagsgade – Hammerichsgade – – Hovedbanegaarden – Hambrosgade – Langebro – Islands Brygge
5	Husum – Frederikssundsvej - Brønshøj – Frederikssundsvej – Nørrebro station – Nørrebrogade – Frederiksborggade – Nørreport – Nørregade – Vester Voldgade - Langebro – Amager Boulevard – Holmbladsgade – Backersvej – Italiensvej
6	Valby – Valby Langgade – Pile Allé - Vesterbrogade – Raadhusplads – Vester Voldgade - Højbro – Kongens Nytorv – Bredgade [back: St. Kongensgade] – Østerport – Trianglen – Øster Allé – Lyngbyvej – Lyngbyvej St.
7	Nørrebro station – Nørrebrogade – Frederiksborggade – Nørreport – Gothersgade – Kongens Nytorv
8	Brønshøj – Frederikssundsvej – Borups Allé – Rantzausgade – Gyldenløvesgade – H.C. Andersens Boulevard – Højbro – Princessegade – Kristianshavn
9	Holmbladsgade – Amagerbrogade – Christianshavn – Kongens Nytorv – Bredgade [back: St. Kongensgade] – Østerport – Strandboulevard – Jagtvej – Falkoner Allé – Pile Allé - Søndermark
10	Toftegaards Plads – Enghave Plads – Istedgade – Hovedbanegaarden – Højbro – Kongens Nytorv – Sølvgade – Tagensvej – Bispebjerg Station
13	Vanløse – Jyllingevej – Sallingvej - Hillerødgade - Borups Allé – Rantzausgade – Gyldenløvesgade – Hammerichsgade – Hovedbanegaarden – Hambrosgade – Langebro – Amager Boulevard – Amagerbrogade – Sundby
16	Søborg – Bispebjerg – Nørrebro station – Nørrebrogade – Frederiksborggade – Nørreport – Nørre Voldgade – Raadhusplads – Axeltorv – Vesterbrogade – Istedgade – Enghave Plads [During cemetery opening hours: – Vestre Kirkegaard]
18	Svanemøllen – Østerbrogade – Jagtvej – Falkoner Allé – Pile Allé - Valby Langgade – Toftegaards Plads
20	Toftegaards Plads – Søndre Fasanvej – Nordre Fasanvej – Nørrebro station

Note: Lines 14 and 15 were operated jointly with NESA. See below for routing.

Operator: Nordsjællands Elektricitets- og Sporvejs Aktieselskab (NESA)

14	Klampenborg - Charlottenlund - Hellerup – Svanemøllen – Østerbrogade – Trianglen – Øster Farimagsgade – Nørreport – Nørre Voldgade – Raadhusplads – Axeltorv – Gammel Kongevej – Peter Bangs Vej – Jydeholmen
15	Roskildevej - Skellet – Valby Langgade – Pile Allé - Vesterbrogade – Axeltorv – Raadhusplads – Nørre Voldgade – Nørreport – Øster Farimagsgade – Trianglen – Øster Allé – Lyngbyvej – Lyngbyvej St. - Gentofte - Femvej - Dyrehaven / Ordrup

Note: The two NESA tram lines ran on KS tracks in the central Copenhagen area.

S-TOG (S-TRAIN) [SUBURBAN RAIL] ROUTES

Operator: Danske Statsbaner (DSB)

A	Klampenborg – Charlottenlund - Hellerup – Østerport – Nørreport – Hovedbanegaarden (København H) – Enghave – Valby Stn.
F	Vanløse – Frederiksberg Station
V	Klampenborg – Charlottenlund - Hellerup – Nørrebro station – Vanløse

Note: The S-Tog route designations A, F and V are for convenience only and were not used by the operator (although A and F became designations later).

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

Urban trams: ? km.
S-tog (S-train): ? km

HISTORY

Urban tramways: (horse-drawn) 22 Oct. 1863 - 14 June 1915; (electric): 1 Aug. 1901 - 23 Apr. 1972.
Metro: 19 Oct. 2002 - today.
S-tog (S-train): 3 Apr. 1934 - today.

GAUGE

Urban tramways: 1435 mm.
Metro: 1435 mm.
S-tog (S-train): 1435 mm.

TRAM PRESERVATION

The Sporvejsmuseet Skjoldenæsholm (Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum), 65 km SW of Copenhagen, runs old trams (from Copenhagen, Odense, Aarhus and from outside Denmark) on 1.8 km of track (1.5 km standard gauge; 300 m metre gauge).

SOURCES

WIKIS

WEB SITES

My profound thanks to Nils Lindgren of Sweden and the Danish tramway historical society BYtrafik for sending me information useful for the preparation of this page.

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