The Tølløse Line ( Danish : Tølløsebanen ) (previously Høng-Tølløse Jernbane (HTJ) is a 50.8 km (31.6 mi) long standard gauge single track local passenger railway line between Tølløse and Slagelse in the western part of the island of Zealand , Denmark . It runs from Tølløse station on the Northwest Line to Slagelse station on the Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line , through a mainly rural area.
6-397: The section from Tølløse to Høng opened in 1901, whereas the section from Høng to Slagelse opened in 1898 as part of the now closed Slagelse-Værslev Line . The railway is currently operated by the railway company Lokaltog . Lokaltog runs frequent local train services from Tølløse station to Slagelse station . The railway line from Tølløse to Høng opened on 22 December 1901 as
12-646: The Høng-Tølløse Jernbane (HTJ) and connected Tølløse station on the Northwest Line with Høng station on the Slagelse-Værslev Line . The section from Høng to Slagelse opened on 1 May 1898 as part of the Slagelse-Værslev Line . The section from Høng to Værslev of the Slagelse-Værslev Line was closed on 23 May 1971. In May 2003, the operating company Høng-Tølløse Jernbane A/S (HTJ)
18-558: The United States , railway companies may combine these roles. Railway companies can be private or public . In Europe, the EU requires its members to separate the national railway infrastructure managers from railway undertakings which are public and private companies providing services by operating rolling stock . This ensures conditions enabling the latter companies to compete fairly among each other, with multiple companies bidding for
24-613: The privilege to operate the line for a limited time period under public service obligation aided by railway subsidies or under franchising . In addition, other companies offer trackside and rolling stock maintenance. Some countries have in turn a national railway company that owns all track and operates all trains in the country, for instance the Russian Railways (the world's largest rail company by network size). Other countries have many different, sometimes competing, railway companies that operate each their own lines, particularly in
30-514: The railway company Lokaltog A/S which is currently responsible for train operation and related passenger services on the Tølløse Line. Trains on the Tølløse Line are operated by the railway company Lokaltog . Lokaltog runs frequent local train services from Tølløse station to Slagelse station . Railway company A rail transport company is a company active within the rail industry . It can be: In some jurisdictions such as
36-680: Was merged with the operating company of the Odsherred Line , Odsherreds Jernbane A/S , to form the railway company Vestjællands Lokalbaner (VL). On 1 January 2009, Vestsjællands Lokalbaner was again merged with the operating companies of the East Line and the Lolland Line to form the railway company Regionstog A/S (RT) responsible for train operation on four local railways on the islands of Zealand , Lolland and Falster . Regionstog A/S again merged with Lokalbanen A/S on 1 July 2015 to form
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