F (S-train)
F | |
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Overview | |
Status | Operational |
Owner | Banedanmark |
Locale | Copenhagen metropolitan area |
Termini | |
Stations | 12 |
Service | |
Type | Suburban rail, urban rail |
System | S-train |
Operator(s) | DSB |
Rolling stock | Litra SA and SE |
History | |
Opened | 3 April 1934 |
Technical | |
Line length | 12 km (7.5 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
F is the service designation for trains on the ring line of Copenhagen's S-train network. It runs from 05:00 to 01:00 from Copenhagen South to Hellerup. Trains run every 5 minutes between about 7:00 and 19:00, Monday through Friday, and every 10 minutes on weekends, early mornings and late evenings/nights. On Friday and Saturday nights there is also a 30 minutes service throughout the night. In 2028 this line is planned to become a pilot project for driverless operation of the S-train system, becoming fully automated in 2029.[1][2]
History
[edit]See Ringbanen for a fuller history.
Name | Southern end | Years | Northern end |
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1c | Ringbanen: to Frederiksberg |
1934–1950 | Klampenborgbanen: to Hellerup; often extended to Klampenborg |
F | 1950–1989 | ||
1989–1998 | terminated at Hellerup | ||
to Solbjerg (later renamed Fasanvej ) | 1998–1999 | to Klampenborg in day hours | |
to Vanløse | 2000–2001 | ||
to C.F. Richsvej (temporary station) | 2002–2003 | terminates at Hellerup | |
to Flintholm | 2004 | ||
to Gammel Køge Landevej (temporary station) | 2005–2006 | ||
to Copenhagen South | 2007- |
Fx, M, F+
[edit]The ring line also has a history of supplementary services with other designations than F. At some times the variant service letters have been used to indicate which trains continued from Hellerup to Klampenborg. In other periods it has simply been because then-prevalent principles mandated that a single service letter such as F could not be used for more than exactly 3 trains an hour, so in parts of the day when more trains ran, extra services had to be invented.
Name | Southern end | Years | Northern end |
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Fx | Ringbanen: to Frederiksberg in rush hours |
1972–1979 | terminated at Hellerup |
no supplement 1979–1989 | |||
M | Ringbanen: to Frederiksberg |
1989–1998 | terminated at Hellerup |
to Solbjerg (later renamed Fasanvej) | 1998–1999 | ||
to Vanløse | 2000–2001 | ||
F+ | to C.F. Richsvej (temporary station) | 2002–2003 | Klampenborgbanen: to Klampenborg in day hours |
to Flintholm | 2004 | ||
to Gammel Køge Landevej (temporary station), all week/all day | 2005 | to Klampenborg daytime Sat-Sun | |
2006 | to Klampenborg in daytime all week | ||
to Ny Ellebjerg | 2007 | ||
Joined into F from September 2007 |
References
[edit]- ^ DR.dk. Førerløse tog gør 500 lokoførere overflødige. Retrieved 17 January 2023
- ^ TV2 Kosmopol. DSB sender førerløse S-tog i udbud. Retrieved 11 May 2023.