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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Trams in Copenhagen 1972 (Sporvogne i København 1972) - Length: 3:36 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Sporvogne [Trams] - Length: 30:42 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - I førerrummet på gammelt S-tog 2002 [In the cab of the old S-train 2002] - Length: 3:39 mins. |
PHOTOS
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MAPS
INSET: CENTRAL COPENHAGEN
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
| At | Axeltorv | VV | Vester Voldgade |
| Rp | Rådhusplads |
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.
Chronology of track abandonments between 1970 and 1972 (with affected routes in parentheses)
- 1970 – Apr. 26: Nørreport – Rådhusplads – Toftegårds Plads (16)
- 1971 – Apr. 25: Nørreport – Gothersgade – Kongens Nytorv (7)
- 1972 – Apr. 23: Husum – Nørrebro station – Nørreport – Sundbyøster (5; between Nørrebro station and Nørreport, also earlier 7 and 16) [Last day of tram operations in Copenhagen]
ROUTES
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Københavns Sporveje (predecessor of HT – Hovedstadsområdets Trafikselskab (HT), itself a predecessor of Hovedstadens Udviklingsråd (HUR))
| 5 | Husum – Brønshøj – Frederikssundsvej – Nørrebro station – Nørrebrogade – Frederiksborggade – Nørreport – Nørregade – Langebro – Amager Boulevard – Holmbladsgade – Backersvej – Sundbyøster |
| 7 | Nørrebro station – Nørrebrogade – Frederiksborggade – Nørreport – Gothersgade – Kongens Nytorv |
| 16 | Emdrupvej – Bispebjerg – Nørrebro station – Nørrebrogade – Frederiksborggade – Nørreport – Nørre Voldgade – Rådhusplads – Hovedbanegården – Vesterbrogade – Istedgade – Enghave Plads – Toftegårds Plads |
S-TOG (S-TRAIN) [SUBURBAN RAIL] ROUTES
Operator: Danske Statsbaner (DSB)
| A | Klampenborg – Hellerup – Østerport – Nørreport – Hovedbanegården (København H) – Enghave – Valby – Vanløse [In rush-hour: – Husum – Herlev] |
| B | Holte – Gentofte – Hellerup – Østerport – Nørreport – Hovedbanegården (København H) – Enghave – Valby – Rødovre – Glostrup – Taastrup |
| C | Holte – Gentofte – Hellerup – Østerport – Nørreport – Hovedbanegården (København H) – Enghave – Valby – Vanløse – Husum – Herlev – Ballerup |
| E | Hillerød – Holte – (non-stop) – Østerport – Nørreport – Hovedbanegården (København H) |
| F | Klampenborg – Hellerup – Nørrebro station – Vanløse – Frederiksberg Station |
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
- Copenhagen Metro
- Hovedstadens Udviklingsråd (HUR)
- Kjøbenhavns Forstæders Sporveisselskab
- Københavns Sporveje [Copenhagen Tramways]
- NESA
- S-tog / S-train
WEB SITES
- Copenhagen (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Moviatrafik
- S-tog
- Sporvogne & sporveje / Trams and tramways
- Sporvogne i Danmark
- Trams in Copenhagen
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