The Holbæk Line ( Danish : Holbækbanen) is a 49.4 km (30.7 mi) long standard gauge single track local passenger railway line linking Holbæk with the town of Nykøbing Sjælland in the northwestern part of the island of Zealand some fifty km west of Copenhagen , Denmark . It takes its name after the Odsherred peninsula. Train services on the Odsherred Line are operated by the railway company Lokaltog .
5-515: The railway line was built as a result of the Danish Railway Act of 1894. It was created to strengthen the economic development in Odsherred following the reclamation of Lammefjorden . The original intention was to build a station or halt in each of the civil parishes that contributed to its financing. Holbæk County Council was granted a Concession on the railway on 6 May 1896. Construction began
10-490: Is still sea, but the name Lammefjorden now usually refers only to the dry part west of the dyke. The sandy former sea bed is excellent agricultural land, especially for crops such as carrots and potatoes . The draining project began in 1873, but it took until 1943 before the lowest elevations were pumped dry. Large parts of the fjord were shallow enough to be dry early on. In 1899 the Odsherred Railway opened across
15-617: The Odsherred Line are operated by the railway company Lokaltog . Several station buildings drawn by Heinrich Wenck Lammefjorden The Lammefjord is a polder in Denmark at the base of the Odsherred peninsula. Previously a deeply branched arm of the sea leading west from the Isefjord , most of it is now reclaimed as agricultural land. The eastern third, outside the dyke at Avdebo,
20-464: The following year and it opened on 18 May 1899. The operator was Odsherreds Jernbane (OHJ). OHJ operated the railway until May 2003 when it merged with Høng-Tølløse Jernbane under the name Vestsjællands Lokalbaner and with headquarters in Holbæk. From 1 January 2009, the operations were taken over by Regionstog A/S and on 1 January 2015 it was merged with Lokalbanen under the name Lokaltog . Trains on
25-541: The western end of the fjord. The town of Fårevejle Stationsby grew up where the railway intersects that main road across the seabed; it serves as the administrative and mercantile center for much of the Lammefjord. The Lammefjord contains Denmark's lowest dry elevation, at 7.0 metres (23 feet 0 inches) below sea level . It is also in running for the lowest in the European Union (shared with Zuidplaspolder in
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