Boulevard Line | |
Other Name: | 'Røret' |
Native Name: | Boulevardbanen |
Native Name Lang: | da |
Image Alt: | The main line platform at Nørreport Station on the Boulevard Line in 2015. |
Type: | Main line Regional rail IC & IC Express S-train |
System: | Danish railways |
Status: | Active |
Start: | passing through |
End: | passing through |
Stations: | 7 (S-train), 3 (all trains) |
Owner: | Banedanmark |
Operator: | DSB |
Character: | Passenger trains |
Linelength: | 3.2km (02miles) |
Tracks: | Quadruple |
Electrification: | Overhead catenary (S-trains use DC power other trains use AC power or diesel) |
Speed: | 60km/h (mainline) 80km/h (S-train) |
Map Name: | map_name |
Map State: | uncollapsed |
The Boulevard Line (Danish: Boulevardbanen) is a 3.2km (02miles) long partly underground railway between Copenhagen Central Station and Østerport Station in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] The quadruple track railway carries today one dual track for the Copenhagen S-train system and another dual track for the mainline railway and regional trains. The line has two intermediate stations, Vesterport Station and Nørreport Station. It continues above ground to Nordhavn station and at Svanemøllen station the tracks separate towards either Ryparken station or Hellerup station. Dybbølsbro station is also located along this railway, located just a bit south of Copenhagen Central. Out of the four main S-train branches, three follow this path, between Dybbølsbro and Svanemøllen (with at least four tracks). Only at Copenhagen Central, Nørreport and Østerport do all trains stop. While Dybbølsbro, Vesterport, Nordhavn and Svanemøllen all are S-train stations only. (Nørreport also has Metro service, just as both the Central Station, Østerport and Nordhavn have since 2019).
It opened in 1917, allowing services on the Coast Line and the Klampenborg Line to extend to Copenhagen Central Station.[2] The line became part of the S-train network on 15 May 1934.[3]