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Copenhagen - anything of interest
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rf_ioliver
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Been a while since I was in Copenhagen last time but you could always take a trip over the Öresund Bridge to Malmo and back, it is an amazing piece of engineering. The metro lines are driverless so that might be interesting. Otherwise public (rail) transport is exceptionally good so you can get out of the city and expore Jylland with ease.
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gazthomas
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I was there in September and was thoroughly disappointed. Boring IC DMU and Emus and limited amount of loco hauled stock. Yes travelling over the Causeways was impressive but as a passenger the interiors were exceedingly tired.
Sir Felix Pole
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The National Rail Museum at Odense is well worth a visit and a good day out by rail from Copenhagen, using the Great Belt bridge / tunnel.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowU..._Railway_Museum-Odense_Funen_and_Islands.html
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowU..._Railway_Museum-Odense_Funen_and_Islands.html
AlexNL
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Copenhagen has lots of rail, but few loco-hauled services. Most of the services are operated by multiple units.
An exception are regional trains to the west and south of Copenhagen, these are operated by Bombardier double deck coaches (same ones as used by DB Regio) and are pushed/pulled by a DSB ME diesel locomotive. In 2020, these services will be taken over by electric locomotives.
You'll find IC3 and IC4 DMU's working intercity services, IR4 electric multiple units operate regional services around Copenhagen. The same type of train also works the Øresundståg cross-border services, which extend quite far into Denmark and Sweden.
Next to the heavy rail services there's the S-Tog, the S-Bahn system of Copenhagen, which stretches quite far and is fairly frequent. There is also the Metro, two fully operated lines which operate 24 hours a day. Two more lines are under construction: M3 is expected to open next year, M4 is expected to open in phases.
From a ticketing point of view, Copenhagen is quite pleasant. There are no barriers and you don't have to faff around with smart cards - you can buy a single ticket which is valid everywhere in the city centre zone, at a reasonable price.
An exception are regional trains to the west and south of Copenhagen, these are operated by Bombardier double deck coaches (same ones as used by DB Regio) and are pushed/pulled by a DSB ME diesel locomotive. In 2020, these services will be taken over by electric locomotives.
You'll find IC3 and IC4 DMU's working intercity services, IR4 electric multiple units operate regional services around Copenhagen. The same type of train also works the Øresundståg cross-border services, which extend quite far into Denmark and Sweden.
Next to the heavy rail services there's the S-Tog, the S-Bahn system of Copenhagen, which stretches quite far and is fairly frequent. There is also the Metro, two fully operated lines which operate 24 hours a day. Two more lines are under construction: M3 is expected to open next year, M4 is expected to open in phases.
From a ticketing point of view, Copenhagen is quite pleasant. There are no barriers and you don't have to faff around with smart cards - you can buy a single ticket which is valid everywhere in the city centre zone, at a reasonable price.
If you make your way to Hillerod at the end of the S-Tog line, you'll be able to ride on the "bus-train" system from there to Helsingor (either the short way or the long way round!) I suspect that the traffic is seasonal, more services in the Summer than winter.
farci
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Not as erudite as other suggestions - but good fun for a train enthusiast beer -
http://www.jernbanecafeen.dk/
Skål!
http://www.jernbanecafeen.dk/
Skål!
farci
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One more suggestion- you can buy a special ticket Øresund Round which involves crossing the bridge one way by train to Malmø and returning to Denmark by ferry to Helsingør (Hamlet’s Castle)
https://www.visitcopenhagen.com/around-the-sound-gdk412377
https://www.visitcopenhagen.com/around-the-sound-gdk412377
Gerald Fiennes
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Hmmm.... well it's certainly true that DSB's trains are a bit worn out a present and/or have a great deal of grafitti on them. The company is, shall we say, a little starved of cash at present and trains are often a little late, but overall it's a pretty good system with high frequencies on most routes.
The main rail interest (apart from the Railway Museum in Odense, which is recommended) are the small, light railways at the North of Zealand, running from Hillerod to Gilleleje and Helsingor plus a short branch to/from Naerum on the S-Tog network. The 'bus-train' referred to is normally a DMU marketed as 'Lille Nord'. These lines date from the turn of the 19th C and were originally private lines, now operated by a public company known as 'Lokaltog' (although the Lille Nord is DSB's). They are very light in construction and are a bit like the Vicinaux network in Belgium (when it existed), the large forest north of Hillerod (the Gribskov) is particular interesting for looking at the network of lines through it).
If you do go to Helsingor, the frequent ferry connection to Helsingborg is worth looking at to marvel at the operational skill with which four large boats an hour maneouvre into the their berths to maintain a regular connection, almost to the second, between Sweden and Denmark. In the good old days, these used to be train ferries and, if you look carefully, you could see a few clues from this period outside the station at Helsingor.
The main rail interest (apart from the Railway Museum in Odense, which is recommended) are the small, light railways at the North of Zealand, running from Hillerod to Gilleleje and Helsingor plus a short branch to/from Naerum on the S-Tog network. The 'bus-train' referred to is normally a DMU marketed as 'Lille Nord'. These lines date from the turn of the 19th C and were originally private lines, now operated by a public company known as 'Lokaltog' (although the Lille Nord is DSB's). They are very light in construction and are a bit like the Vicinaux network in Belgium (when it existed), the large forest north of Hillerod (the Gribskov) is particular interesting for looking at the network of lines through it).
If you do go to Helsingor, the frequent ferry connection to Helsingborg is worth looking at to marvel at the operational skill with which four large boats an hour maneouvre into the their berths to maintain a regular connection, almost to the second, between Sweden and Denmark. In the good old days, these used to be train ferries and, if you look carefully, you could see a few clues from this period outside the station at Helsingor.
And, as trains are not everything in life, if you go to Helsingor, don't miss the St Mary church, home of a magnificent baroque organ, once played by Dietrich Buxtehude...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelite_Priory,_Helsingør
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelite_Priory,_Helsingør
DRSavenger008
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Worth noting however that DSB operate a number of loco hauled services in the immediate Copenhagen area with large GM's in the form of the ME's, the sound being much like that from an 071. Think there is 18 out each day? Although there may be less than that at the minute due to axle maintenance after a cracked axle was found on one of the locomotives at the start of the year.
Mutant Lemming
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Although the tour of Carlsberg's brewery is slick and commercial these days it is still worth seeing the 'Elephant Gates'
Back in the early eighties the tour was more fun and included the interesting snippet from our genial guide about Joseph Goebbels visiting the brewery while on a camping holiday in Denmark in the 1920's. The elephants on the gate are adorned with swastikas and the guide intimated that Goebbels probably got the idea of using the symbol after his visit.
Back in the early eighties the tour was more fun and included the interesting snippet from our genial guide about Joseph Goebbels visiting the brewery while on a camping holiday in Denmark in the 1920's. The elephants on the gate are adorned with swastikas and the guide intimated that Goebbels probably got the idea of using the symbol after his visit.
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