{{Short description|Railway line in Denmark}} {{refimprove|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox rail line |name = København – Fredericia / Taulov |color = |logo = |logo_width = |image = Nordic_&_Germany_2009_-_002.jpg |image_width = |caption = The Copenhagen–Fredericia Line crossing the [[Great Belt]] by the [[Great Belt Bridge]]. |type = Main line |system = |status = |locale = |start = [[Copenhagen Central Station|Copenhagen Central]] |end = {{rws|Fredericia}}, {{rws|Taulov}} |stations = |routes = |daily_ridership = |open = |close = |owner = |operator = [[DSB (railway company)|DSB]] <br /> [[Railion]] <br />[[CFL Cargo]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bane.dk/visArtikel.asp?artikelID=2391 |title=Togselskaber på statens jernbanenet |accessdate=2009-01-29 |publisher=[[Banedanmark]] |date= |language=Danish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173332/https://www.bane.dk/visArtikel.asp?artikelID=2391 |archivedate=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |character = |stock = |linelength = 220.6 km (Fredericia branch) <br/> 222.6 km (Taulov branch) |tracklength = |tracks = [[Double track|Double]] <br/> Quadruple ([[Høje Taastrup station|Høje Taastrup]]–[[Roskilde station|Roskilde]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bane.dk/visArtikel.asp?artikelID=3924 |title=Sporantal |accessdate=17 June 2008| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116051917/https://www.bane.dk/visArtikel.asp?artikelID=3924| archivedate=16 November 2008}}</ref> |gauge = {{track gauge|sg}} |electrification = {{25 kV 50 Hz}} |speed = 160 km/h <br/> 180 km/h (certified multiple units only)<ref name="TIBOE">{{cite web |url=http://www.bane.dk/visArtikel.asp?artikelID=132 |title=TIB (Ø) |accessdate=17 June 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218204404/http://www.bane.dk/visArtikel.asp?artikelID=132 |archivedate=18 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |elevation = |map = {{Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov line RDT|inline=1}} |map_state = }}
The '''Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line''' is the [[Denmark|Danish]] [[rail transport|railway line]] between the capital, [[Copenhagen]], and the [[Jutland]] peninsula by way of the islands of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] and [[Funen]]. It is administered by [[Banedanmark]] and has a length of about {{convert|220|km}}. Being one of the main arteries of the [[rail transport in Denmark|Danish railway network]], it has double track and is fully electrified.
The line is composed of the railway line across [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] (the [[West Line (Denmark)|West Line]]) and the main line across [[Funen]] (the [[Funen Main Line]]), both of which were built during the mid-19th century. Originally connected by the [[Great Belt ferries]], these two lines were joined in 1997 by the [[Great Belt Fixed Link]].
==History== [[File:Jernbanen mellem Kjøbenhavn og Roeskilde aabnet den 26de Juni 1847.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Early [[Timetable (railway)|timetable]] of the [[Copenhagen–Roskilde railway line]].]] The first section of the railway line, the [[Copenhagen–Roskilde railway line|railway line from Copenhagen to Roskilde]], opened in [[1847 in Denmark|1847]] as the first [[railway line]] in the [[Kingdom of Denmark]].{{efn|The first railway line in the then [[Danish Realm|Danish Monarchy]] was the [[Hamburg-Altona–Kiel railway|Kiel-Altona railway line]] in the [[Duchy of Holstein]] which had been completed three years earlier. However, Holstein was later lost to the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] after the [[Second Schleswig War]] in 1864, and that railway line is today part of the [[German rail network]].{{sfn|Jensen|1972|p=11}}}} It was built for the privately owned [[Det Sjællandske Jernbaneselskab]] ({{langx|en|the Zealand Railway Company}}) by British engineering company William Radford. The railway line was ceremonially opened on 26 June 1847, and the following day the railway opened to regular traffic with three trains daily in each direction.{{sfn|Jensen|1972|p=13}} The Copenhagen–Roskilde railway line was prolonged from Roskilde to the [[port city]] of [[Korsør]] by the [[Great Belt]] in 1856.{{sfn|Jensen|1972|p=12-16}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kulturarv.dk/25fantastiske/25-fantastiske-industrier/jernbanen-kbh-korsoer/|title=Jernbanen KBH-Korsør| publisher=Kutlurstyrelsen| accessdate=16 December 2014| language=Danish| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000223/http://www.kulturarv.dk/25fantastiske/25-fantastiske-industrier/jernbanen-kbh-korsoer/| archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref>
The [[Funen Main Line|railway line across the island of Funen]] from [[Nyborg]] by the [[Great Belt]] via {{rws|Odense}} to [[Middelfart]] by the [[Little Belt]] opened in [[1865 in Denmark|1865]].{{sfn|Jensen|1972|p=28}} It was built by the civil engineering partnership [[Peto, Brassey and Betts]]. The socalled [[Queen Louise's Railway]] was inaugurated on [[Louise of Hesse-Kassel|Queen Louise]]'s 48th birthday the 7 September 1865, with regular traffic commencing the following day.{{sfn|Jensen|1972|p=28-29}} In Middelfart, passengers could catch the steam ferry across the Little Belt to [[Snoghøj]] in the [[Jutland]] peninsula. The following year, on 1 november 1866, a short [[branch line]], the [[Middelfart–Strib railway line]], opened from {{rws|Middelfart}} to the harbour at [[Strib]] 5 kilometers north of Middelfart, from where there was connection via [[railway ferry]] across the Little Belt to [[Fredericia]] in Jutland.{{sfn|Jensen|1972|p=31}}
[[File:Sven Henriksen - Lillebæltsbroen (1935).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Poster from the inauguration of the [[Little Belt Bridge]] in 1935 by [[Sven Henriksen]].]] In 1935, with the opening of the [[Little Belt Bridge]] between Middelfart and Snoghøj, The Funen Main Line was connected directly to the railway network in Jutland at {{rws|Fredericia}}.
Originally connected by the [[Great Belt ferries]] across the [[Great Belt]], the railway lines across [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] (the [[West Line (Denmark)|West Line]]) and [[Funen]] (the [[Funen Main Line]]) were joined in 1997 by the [[Great Belt Fixed Link]].
== Connections to other lines == * Being connected to Copenhagen, there are transfers to the [[S-train]] network, the [[Kystbanen|Coast Line]] and the [[Oresund Railway]]. * [[Roskilde station]] is linked to the [[Northwest Line (Denmark)|Northwest Line]] and the [[Little South Line]]). * The [[South Line (Denmark)|South Line]] joins the line at [[Ringsted station|Ringsted]] (see also ''[[Vogelfluglinie|Fugleflugtslinjen]]''). * [[Slagelse station]] is a terminus for the [[Tølløse Line]], operated by regional trains. * The [[Svendborgbanen|Svendborg Line]] starts at [[Odense station]]. * The [[Fredericia–Aarhus Line]] continues northward through Jutland at [[Fredericia station]]. * The Snoghøj–Taulov segment is a direct connection to the [[Fredericia–Padborg Line]], avoiding the need to change direction at [[Fredericia station|Fredericia]].
== Cultural references == === In music === For the opening of the [[Copenhagen–Roskilde railway line]] in 1847, the Danish composer [[Hans Christian Lumbye]] composed the still popular ''[[Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop]]'', a [[musical composition]] which faithfully recreates the sounds of a train chugging out of a station and grinding to a halt at the next stop. The Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop was included in the 2006 [[Danish Culture Canon]] as a masterpiece of Danish classical music.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kulturkanonen|publisher=[[Kulturministeriet]]|website=kum.dk|access-date=18 March 2018|url=http://kum.dk/uploads/tx_templavoila/KUM_kulturkanonen_OK2.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104122/http://kum.dk/uploads/tx_templavoila/KUM_kulturkanonen_OK2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== In visual art === [[File:L.A. Ring, Når toget ventes, 1914, OPC 26 og DEP535, Statsministeriet.jpg|thumb|''While waiting for the train''. Painting by [[L. A. Ring]], 1914.]] The [[level crossing]] of the [[Copenhagen–Roskilde railway line]] and [[Roskildevej|Roskilde Landevej]] at [[Hedehusene railway station]] is the motive of the 1914 painting ''Når toget ventes'' (''{{langx|en|While waiting for the train}}'') by the Danish painter [[L. A. Ring]], one of the foremost [[Danish people|Danish]] [[Painting|painters]] of the turn of the 20th century, who pioneered both [[Symbolism (movement)|symbolism]] and [[social realism]] in Denmark.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Mikael |last=Wivel |title=L.A. Ring |url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=932&wsektion=alle |access-date=5 November 2025 |publisher=Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon |language=da }}</ref>
==See also== * [[List of railway lines in Denmark]] * [[Rail transport in Denmark]] * [[History of rail transport in Denmark]] * [[Transport in Denmark]]
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==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist|colwidth=20em}}
=== Bibliography === {{refbegin|colwidth=30em}} * {{ cite book | last=Jensen | first=Niels | title=Danske Jernbaner 1847–1972 | trans-title=Danish railways 1847–1972 | year=1972 | publisher=J. Fr. Clausens Forlag | location=[[Copenhagen]] | isbn=87-11-01765-1 | language=da }} * {{ cite book | last=Jensen | first=Niels | title=Fynske Jernbaner | trans-title=Railways of Funen | year=1976 | publisher=J. Fr. Clausens Forlag | location=[[Copenhagen]] | isbn=87-11-03736-9 | language=da }} * {{ cite book | last=Jensen | first=Niels | title=Vestsjællandske Jernbaner | trans-title=Railways of West Zealand | year=1978 | publisher=J. Fr. Clausens Forlag | location=[[Copenhagen]] | isbn=87-11-03879-9 | language=da }} {{refend}}
==External links== *{{in lang|da}} [http://www.banedanmark.dk Banedanmark] – government agency responsible for [[railway maintenance|maintenance]] and [[traffic control]] of most of the [[Rail transport in Denmark|Danish railway network]] *{{in lang|da}} [http://www.dsb.dk DSB] – largest Danish train operating company *{{in lang|da}} [http://danskejernbaner.dk/ Danske Jernbaner] – website with information on railway history in Denmark
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