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Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 06th August 2007
Lokalbanen - Hornbækbanen(ex-Helsingør-Hornbæk-Gilleleje
Banen & Gribskovbanen)
The nominally independent
local lines of North Sjælland are now marketed under the
Lokalbanen banner. The Helsingør-Hornbæk-Gilleleje
Banen (HHGB) is now the Lokalbanen - Hornbækbanen and trains run through
onto the original Gribskovbanen from Gilleleje to Hillerød. At Helsingør,
the HHGB used to stop in the street outside Helsingør
station, but has now been extended to run alongside a platform
in the station proper. The trains still run between the road
and quayside for a few hundred metres. The 'Lynette' Y-Tog DMU sets which
have run the services on these lines for the last 40 years have
been displaced by 27 Alstom LINT 2-car DMUs (covering all lines, not just the
Hornbækbanen. The HHGB Y-Togs
consisted of Uerdingen single unit Ym-53 and twin sets Ym51/Ym91,
Ym52/Ym92 and Ym54/Ys94 built 1970-73, plus Düwag/Skandia
twin-sets Ym55/Ys95 and Ym56/Ys96 built in 1983/84. The two Düwag
sets were undergoing maintenance at the shed at Helsingør-Grønnehave
on my visit.
The new LINT sets run every 30 minutes between 06:00 and
19:00 Mon-Fri and hourly at other times. None of the towns the
route passes through are particularly large and there are many
bigger places in the UK where the service and smart
air-conditioned trains would be envied. Trains take about 45
minutes between Helsingør and Gilleleje, plus a further 30 onto
Hillerød. I travelled just to Hornbæk (30mins), an attractive
small town, but presumably the largest on the route since it is
now known as the Hornbækbanen.
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Lokalbanen Route
Map
Frederiksværkbanen:- Hillerød - Hundested
Gribskovbanen:- Hillerød - Gilleleje &
Hillerød - Tisvildeleje
Hornbækbanen:-
Helsingør - Hornbæk - Gilleleje
Lille Nord:-
Helsingør - Hillerød
Nærumbanen:- Nærum -
Jægersborg
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Y-Tog 'Lynette' DMUs
Düwag/Skandia 'Lynette' Y-Tog sets at
Grønnehave, trailer Ys95 leading
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007
Alstom LINT 2-car DMUs
Alstom
LINT 2-car DMU interior views
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007
Alstom
LINT 2-car DMU leaving the Hornbækbanen platform at Helsingør station
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007
Alstom
LINT 2-car DMU 105/205 arriving at Helsingør station via the street
section
I travelled on this set to Hornbæk
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007
Alstom
LINT 2-car DMUs passing at Hornbæk
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007
Alstom
LINT 2-car DMUs arriving at Hornbæk - I took this set back to Helsingør
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007
On the way back to I Helsingør I
detrained at Grønnehave to photograph the Y-Tog
Trains also
pass at Grønnehave and the narrow platform is quite
claustrophobic
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007
LINT and Y-Tog sets on shed at Grønnehave
in Helsingør
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007
Grønnehave Station in Helsingør
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007
I walked from Grønnehave back to Helsingør
ferry terminal, following the railway where possible
This
train is running empty towards Helsingør
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007
The set in the images above returning
from Helsingør station on a service train to Gilleleje
along the road section
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007
Helsingør station
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007
Lokalbanen - Lille Nord
(ex-Helsingør-Hillerød
Banen)
The Helsingør-Hillerød
Banen (HHB) was previously operated by DSB from the station at
Helsingør. DSB had seven Düwag/Skandia twin-sets
built in 1984. These 'Lynettes' were classed as ML/MS by DSB.
Now part of the Lokalbanen network as Lokalbanen-Lille Nord,
they also use Alstom LINT 2-car DMUs.
Displaced
DSB 'Lynette' DMUs at Helsingør, including ML4901 and
ML4903Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007
Alstom
LINT 2-car DMU in Helsingør station
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007
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