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Railways through Europe |
maps and interoperabilty |
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Padborg (Denmark - Germany)
In summer 1996 the electrification of the whole line Hamburg - Flensburg - Padborg
was completed and on June 2nd the first electric train passed the border. Due to the
sleek track layout the system-change was located at Padborg.
The few international passenger-trains (mainly IR-services Hannover - Hamburg -
Fredericia and some night-trains) suffered from minor usage.
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After 'DB Reise & Touristik' discontinued those services in December 2002, private operator
FLEX AG started to work regular trains on the relation Hamburg - Padborg subsidised by federal
state Schleswig-Holstein. In autumn 2003 NOB (a branch of Connex) took over the working of the
trains because FLEX AG had became insolvent. |
DB 103 137 has been detached from its IR in
September 2000
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FLEX from Hamburg has reached eastern platform
©2004 Heinz Treber |
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DSB IR4 is ready to depart from western platform
©2004 Heinz Treber |
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With the opening of Storebælt fixed link (1997) and Øresund Belt link (2000)
freight-trains from Sweden to Germany became possible and the importance of Padborg
station grew. Meanwhile several operators (e.g. FLEX, RAG, NVAG, TGOJ) pass the border
or at least reach Padborg. |
IR from Hamburg has arrived at western platform...
©2002 Harald S. |
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...and will change locos with this southbound IR
©2002 Harald S. |
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DB 185 026 ready to depart from Padborg
©2002 Harald S. |
The track-layout is seperated into two sections both in the eastern passenger-part as in the
western freight-part as well. Because all daily passenger-trains terminate, merely the
single-voltage locos of night-trains have to be hauled away by diesel-shunters.
Single-voltage locos of freight-trains coast into the foreign section with lowered panto
and are pushed back into their system by diesels.
DSB branch 'Railion Denmark' operates three freight trains per day
to Hamburg-Maschen since June 2002 hauled by class
DSB EG. |
NOB 185 516 waits for its southbound departure
©2004 Manfred Hirtz |
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The rebuilt waggons of FLEX in the 15kV-section
©2003 Heinz Treber |
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Various locomotives enligned in the freight-section
©2003 Harald S. |
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page last updated: 14. September 2008 |
©1998-2016 Thorsten Büker |
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