C (S-train)
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 DSB Copenhagen S-train: Train SA8157 (left) leaving Herlev station for Klampenborg station. (27 March 2015) | |
| Overview | |
| Status | Operational |
| Owner | Banedanmark |
| Locale | Copenhagen metropolitan area |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 32 |
| Service | |
| Type | Suburban rail, urban rail |
| System | S-train |
| Operator(s) | DSB |
| Rolling stock | Litra SA and SE |
| History | |
| Opened | 14 May 1950 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 55 km (34 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Operating speed | 120 km/h (75 mph) |
C is a service on the S-train network in Copenhagen. It serves the Klampenborg radial and the inner part of the Frederikssund radial, and also reinforces service on the outer part of the Frederikssund radial in high-traffic period.
Service C is one of the base services on the network, running between Ballerup and Klampenborg every 20 minutes from about 5:00 to 1:00 every day. Between about 6:00 to 19:00 on Monday to Saturday it runs every 10 minutes, and in this period half of the trains continue from Ballerup to Frederikssund. On Friday and Saturday nights there is also a 30 minutes service throughout the night.
History
[edit]The C service was created in 1950 when the service between Ballerup and Holte (see service B) was split into two in order to make the timetable correspond better in Vanløse. Ever since then C has been primarily a Ballerup service.
| Name | Southern end | Years | Northern end |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Frederikssundbanen: all stops to Ballerup |
1950–1955 | Nordbanen: all stops to Holte in rush hours |
| 1955–1963 | as above except non-stop Hellerup-Lyngby | ||
| 1963–1964 | as above, but ran daytime Mo-Sa | ||
| 1964–1972 | as above, but ran all day Mo-Sa | ||
| to Ballerup, non-stop Vanløse-Herlev | 1972–1973 | ||
| daytime Mo-Fr as above, otherwise all stops to Vanløse | 1973–1979 | as above, but only daytime Mo-Fr | |
| Cc | to Ballerup daytime Mo-Fr, non-stop Valby-Vanløse-Herlev | 1979–1989 | |
| C | Frederikssundbanen: all stops to Ballerup |
Klampenborgbanen: all stops to Klampenborg | |
| 1989–2007 | |||
| all stops to Ballerup; some daytime trains to Frederikssund | Sep 2007- |
Note that from 1979 to 1989 both Cc and C services ran.
Until 1979, in the time C ran to Ballerup but not to Holte it ordinarily terminated in Hellerup. These trains were routinely extended to Klampenborg on Sundays where the weather was good enough to attract more passengers than the ordinary service could transport.
Between 1972 and 1979 the stopping Ballerup service was called H.
The rush-hour service Cx ran from 1966 to 1993:
| Name | Southern end | Years | Northern end |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cx | Frederikssundbanen: to Ballerup; non-stop København H-Herlev |
1966–1972 | terminated at Østerport |
| to Ballerup; non-stop København H-Jyllingevej | 1972–1977 | Nordbanen: to Hillerød; non-stop until Holte | |
| 1977–1989 | as above plus stop in Lyngby | ||
| to Ballerup; non-stop Valby-Jyllingevej | 1989–1993 | terminated at København H | |
| Superseded by service H+ | |||
