The Northwest Line (Danish: Nordvestbanen), also referred to as the Kalundborg Line (Danish: Kalundborgbanen), is a long, state-owned single track passenger railway line between Roskilde and Kalundborg in the western part of the island of Zealand. The railway is owned by Banedanmark and the service is operated by DSB between Copenhagen Central Station and Kalundborg.
The busiest station on the line is Holbaek, and the section from Roskilde to Holbaek was doubletracked in 2014 and electrified in 2021. The remainder is due for electrification and upgrading to ERMTS level 2 in the future.
History
The railway was established as a result of the Railway Act of 29. February 1869. The rail line opened on 30 December 1874.
Stations Station Location Distance fromRoskilde (km) Distance fromKalundborg (km) Comments Roskilde station Roskilde 0.0 79.3 Lejre station (Lj) Lejre 9.0 70.3 Kisserup halt (former) Kisserup 15.0 64.2 Hvalsø station (Hv) Kirke Hvalsø 17.0 62.3 Tølløse station (Tø) Tølløse 23.0 56.3 Transfer to the Høng-Tølløse Railway Skimmede halt (former) Skimmede 26.0 53.3 Vipperød station (Pe) Vipperød 30.0 49.3 Holbæk station (Hk) Holbæk 36.0 43.3 Transfer to the Odsherred Line Regstrup station (Rt) Regstrup 44.0 35.3 Knabstrup halt (Ks) Knabstrup 48.0 31.3 Mørkøv station (Mø) Mørkøv 51.0 28.3 Tornved halt (former) Tornved 55.0 24.3 Jyderup station (Jy) Jyderup 58.0 21.4 Svebølle station (Se) Svebølle 66.0 13.3 Viskinge station Viskinge 68.0 11.3 Værslev station (Væ)(former stop) Værslev 71.0 8.3 Technical station with passing track. Passenger service terminated in 1965. Formerly transfer to Hørve-Værslev Railway (1919-1956), Værslev-Slagelse line (1898-1971). Ubberup halt (former) Ubberup 74.0 5.3 Kalundborg Øst halt (Kb) Kalundborg 77.1 2.2 Opened 8 December 2018. Kalundborg station (Kb) Kalundborg 79.3 0.0
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External links
Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network DSB – largest Danish train operating company Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark