E (S-train) explained

E
Type:	Suburban rail, urban rail
System:	S-train
Status:	Operational
Locale:	Copenhagen metropolitan area
Start:	Holte station
End:	Køge station
Stations:	27
Owner:	Banedanmark
Operator:	DSB
Linelength Km:	57.9
Stock:	Litra SA and SE

E is a service on the S-train network in Copenhagen. It runs between Køge and Holte, serving the outer end of the Køge radial and the inner part of the Hillerød radial. The A service serves the complementary parts of each radial, and both lines serves all stations on the central part between Ny Ellebjerg and Hellerup.^{[1] [2]}

Trains run on weekdays only, every 20 minutes from about 5:00 to 6:00 and every 10 minutes about 6:00 to 20:00.

History

Service E is the continuation of the "fast" steam trains that ran between Copenhagen and Hillerød since the late 19th century. They acquired a service letter when they were replaced by S-trains in 1986. Later the main characteristic of service E came to be serving the outer end of the Køge radial.

Name	Southern end	Years	Northern end
E	terminated at København H	1968–1972	Nordbanen to Hillerød; non-stop Østerport-Holte
	Vestbanen to Taastrup Mo-Sa; non-stop until Valby	1972–1973
	as above, but only Mo-Fr daytime	1973–1979
	Køgebugtbanen to Solrød Strand Mo-Fr daytime; non-stop until Hundige	1979–1983
	to Køge, non-stop København H-Sjælør-Hundige	1983–1989
	as above, plus stop at Ishøj	1989–1991	to Hellerup; Mo-Sa daytime extended to Hillerød, non-stop until Holte
		1991–2002	as above, plus stop at Lyngby
	as above, plus stop at Friheden	2002–2005
		2006	as above except to Lyngby when not going to Hillerød
	as above, plus stop at Ny Ellebjerg	2007
	to Køge, non-stop Ny Ellebjerg - Ishøj	Sep 2007-2011	as above; all trains continue to Hillerød
	as above, plus stop at Friheden^[3]	2011-2014
		2014-	trains terminate at Holte

An Ex service first ran from 1968, but was fused with service Cx in 1972. A new Ex line started in 1983 servicing the Køge radial.

Name	Southern end	Years	Northern end
Ex	terminated at København H	1968–1972	Nordbanen to Hillerød, non-stop Østerport - Birkerød
superseded by Cx
Ex	Køgebugtbanen to Køge, non-stop København H - Sjælør - Hundige	1983–1986	terminated at København H
	as above, plus stop in Ishøj	1986–1989
	as above, plus all stops until Sjælør	1989–1995	terminated at Hellerup
	to Solrød Strand, non-stop København H - Sydhavn - Friheden - Ishøj	1995–1998	non-stop Østerport - Hellerup
	as above except no stop at Sydhavn	1998–2004	all stops to Hellerup
	from Køge station, non-stop Ishøj - Sjælør - København H	2005–2006	terminates at Østerport
	as above, plus stop at Ny Ellebjerg	2007
Discontinued from September 2007

Notes and References

1. Web site: E-line(pdf). DSB. 20 February 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120307212359/http://www.dsb.dk/global/pdf/koereplaner/s-tog/s2012/linje%20e%202012.pdf. 7 March 2012.
2. Web site: All-lines(pdf). DSB. 20 February 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120131143325/http://www.dsb.dk/global/pdf/koereplaner/s-tog/s2012/s-togs%20k%C3%B8replan%20g%C3%A6ldende%20fra%2011.%20dec%202011.pdf. 31 January 2012.
3. Web site: 2011 press report S-tog(danish). DSB. 20 February 2012.