The Lolland Line ( Danish : Lollandsbanen ) is a 50.2 kilometres (31.2 mi) long railway line in Denmark which runs mostly on the island of Lolland between the cities of Nykøbing Falster and Nakskov via Maribo .
5-587: The railway line opened in 1874. It is currently operated by the regional railway company Lokaltog which runs frequent local train services from Nakskov to Nykøbing Falster with onward connections from Nykøbing to the rest of Denmark. Until 2009, the Lolland Line was operated by the Danish railway company A/S Lollandsbanen . Established in 1954, it was based on the remains of Det Lolland-Falsterske Jernbane-Selskab (LFJS). The company received funding from
10-481: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Danish corporation or company article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Railway company A rail transport company is a company active within the rail industry . It can be: In some jurisdictions such as the United States , railway companies may combine these roles. Railway companies can be private or public . In Europe,
15-470: 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 the United States and Canada . Countries may have both public and private railway companies, for instance
20-630: 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 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
25-450: The now defunct Storstrøm County and from the central government. The company was merged with Vestsjællands Lokalbaner A/S and Østbanen into a new company, Regionstog A/S , on 1 January 2009 and then on 1 July 2015 into Lokaltog A/S . This European rail transport related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about transport in Denmark is
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