F (S-train)

F
S-train line F at Grøndal Station (2017)
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Banedanmark
Locale	Copenhagen metropolitan area
Termini	Hellerup Copenhagen South
Stations	12
Service
Type	Suburban rail, urban rail
System	S-train
Operator(s)	DSB
Rolling stock	Litra SA and SE
History
Opened	3 April 1934;91 years ago (1934-04-03)
Technical
Line length	12 km (7.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map Legend Hellerup Ryparken Bispebjerg Nørrebro Fuglebakken Grøndal Flintholm KB Hallen Ålholm Danshøj Vigerslev Allé Copenhagen South

F is the service designation for trains on the ring line of Copenhagen's S-train network. It runs from 05:00 to 01:00 from Copenhagen South to Hellerup. Trains run every 5 minutes between about 7:00 and 19:00, Monday through Friday, and every 10 minutes on weekends, early mornings and late evenings/nights. On Friday and Saturday nights there is also a 30 minutes service throughout the night. In 2028 this line is planned to become a pilot project for driverless operation of the S-train system, becoming fully automated in 2029. ^{[1] [2]}

S-train system map

S-train system map

Line	Route	Freq (mins)	Comments	Logos	Pictures
	København Syd – Flintholm – Hellerup	5			Line M and F at Nørrebro Station in 2024
	København Syd - Flintholm - Hellerup - Holte - Hillerød		As a temporary line, Only doing engineering work, rail replacement and track maintenance		Line M in Gentofte Station in 2014. Line M at Nørrebro Station Line M at Fuglebakken railway station. Linje M at Gentofte railway station. Line M at Ny Ellebjerg Station in 2014 (Copenhagen South Station). Line M at Vigerslev Allé railway station in 2014

Line M

Line M is a special S-train line in Copenhagen that runs in connection with track works and the like. It runs from Hillerød Station via Hellerup Station and Nørrebro Station to Copenhagen South Station. It thus connects the Nordbanen and the Ringbanen.

Line M first ran as a temporary line from July 28 to August 17, 2014 in connection with construction work on Nordhavnsvej. ^[3] The second time was from June 30 to July 16, 2017, when the train was operated in connection with track work. ^[4] The third time was three evenings in June 2024 and a weekend in July 2024 in connection with bridge work at Svanemøllen Station. ^{[5] [6]}

Line M has the following stations on the line, taken in order from Hillerød Station to Copenhagen South Station.

1. Hillerød Station
2. Favrholm Station
3. Allerød Station
4. Høvelte Trinbræt  [ da ]
5. Birkerød Station
6. Holte Station
7. Virum Station
8. Sorgenfri Station
9. Lyngby Station
10. Jægersborg Station
11. Gentofte Station
12. Bernstorffsvej Station
13. Hellerup Station
14. Ryparken Station
15. Bispebjerg Station
16. Nørrebro Station
17. Fuglebakken Station
18. Grøndal Station
19. Flintholm Station
20. KB Hallen Station
21. Ålholm Station
22. Danshøj Station
23. Vigerslev Allé Station
24. Copenhagen South Station (originally "Ny Ellebjerg")

Day time schedules weekdays and weekends

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  Line M at Fuglebakken Station, doing day time schedules
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  Line M at Fuglebakken Station, doing day time schedules
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  Line M at Fuglebakken Station, doing day time schedules
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  Line M at Gentofte Station, doing day time schedules
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  Line M at Fuglebakken Station, doing day time schedules
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  Line M to Hillerød at Ny Ellebjerg (now Copenhagen South) in 2014.
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  Line M to Ny Ellebjerg on Vigerslev Allé in 2017.
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  Line M to Hillerød on Vigerslev Allé in 2017.

Evening and night schedules weekdays and weekends

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  Line M to Hillerød at Danshøj in 2024.
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  Line M to Hillerød at Danshøj in 2024.
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  Line M to Hillerød at Danshøj in 2024.
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  Line M to Hillerød at Danshøj in 2024.
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  Line M to Copenhagen South at Danshøj in 2024.
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  Line M to Copenhagen South at Danshøj in 2024.
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  Line M to Copenhagen South at Danshøj in 2024.

History

See Ringbanen for a fuller history.

Name	Southern end	Years	Northern end
1c	Ringbanen : to Frederiksberg	1934–1950	Klampenborgbanen : to Hellerup; often extended to Klampenborg
		1950–1989
		1989–1998	terminated at Hellerup
	to Solbjerg (later renamed Fasanvej )	1998–1999	to Klampenborg in day hours
	to Vanløse	2000–2001
	to C.F. Richsvej (temporary station)	2002–2003	terminates at Hellerup; sometimes extended to Klampenborg
	to Flintholm	2004
	to Gammel Køge Landevej (temporary station)	2005–2006
	to Copenhagen South	2007-

Line F at Klampenborg Station in 2017

Night train on line F

On November 20, 2009, a trial of night trains was introduced on Friday and Saturday nights, which for line F meant two trains per hour in each direction between Hellerup and Copenhagen South, stopping at all stations along the way. ^[7] A similar concept had already been used for a number of years on the night after Christmas lunch, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, although with 20-minute operation. ^[8]

The experiment was originally supposed to last six months. ^[8] In practice, however, it became permanent, and from November 30, 2012, night train F was extended to Klampenborg to replace night train C which was shortened to Copenhagen H. ^{[9] [10]} However, with the timetable change on December 10, 2018, line C was again extended to Klampenborg at night, and line F was shortened to Hellerup. ^[11]

Date	Line layout	Notes
20-11-2009	Ny Ellebjerg Station - Flintholm - Hellerup
30-11-2012	Ny Ellebjerg Station - Flintholm - Hellerup - Klampenborg
10-12-2018	Ny Ellebjerg Station - Flintholm - Hellerup

Fx, M, F+

The ring line also has a history of supplementary services with other designations than F. At some times the variant service letters have been used to indicate which trains continued from Hellerup to Klampenborg. In other periods it has simply been because then-prevalent principles mandated that a single service letter such as F could not be used for more than exactly 3 trains an hour, so in parts of the day when more trains ran, extra services had to be invented.

There previously existed a regular line M, which was established as a supplement to line F on the Ring Line on May 28, 1989. It was changed to line F+ on September 15, 2002. ^[12] The line was incorporated into line F in a reform of the line network on September 23, 2007.

Fx

Fx

Fx

Fx

Fx

Name	Southern end	Years	Northern end
Fx	Ringbanen : to Frederiksberg in rush hours	1972–1979	terminated at Hellerup
no supplement 1979–1989
	Ringbanen : to Frederiksberg	1989–1998	terminated at Hellerup
	to Solbjerg (later renamed Fasanvej)	1998–1999
	to Vanløse	2000–2001
F+	to C.F. Richsvej (temporary station)	2002–2003	Klampenborgbanen : to Klampenborg in day hours
	to Flintholm	2004
	to Gammel Køge Landevej (temporary station), all week/all day	2005	to Klampenborg daytime Sat-Sun
		2006	to Klampenborg in daytime all week
	to Ny Ellebjerg	2007
Joined into F from September 2007

Line F+ at Klampenborg Station in 2006.

Line F+ at Klampenborg Station in 2006.

Line F+ at Flintholm Station in 2006.

S-train Line as Line F+ at Nordhavn Station.

M and F+

The line was established as line M on 28 May 1989. It was renamed line F+ on 15 September 2002.

Date	Line routing	Notes
28-05-1989	Frederiksberg - Vanløse - Hellerup
20-06-1998	Solbjerg - Vanløse - Hellerup
01-01-2000	Vanløse - Hellerup
23-04-2001	Ryparken - Hellerup	Train buses Vanløse - Ryparken.
02-02-2002	C.F. Richs Vej - Hellerup	Hellerup - Klampenborg only during the day. C.F. Richs Vej is a temporary station. Train buses Vanløse - C.F. Richs Vej.
15-09-2002	C.F. Richs Vej - Hellerup - Klampenborg	Train buses Vanløse - C.F. Richs Vej.
24-01-2004	Flintholm - Hellerup - Klampenborg
08-01-2005	Ny Ellebjerg Station - Flintholm - Hellerup (- Klampenborg)	Temporary Ny Ellebjerg Station at Gammel Køge Country Road. Hellerup - Klampenborg only on weekends.
08-01-2006	Ny Ellebjerg Station - Flintholm - Hellerup - Klampenborg	Temporary New Ellebjerg Station at Gammel Køge Country Road.
16-11-2006	Ny Ellebjerg Station - Flintholm - Hellerup - Klampenborg
23-09-2007	Discontinued and replaced by lines C and F.

Fx

Date	Route	Notes
03-06-1973	Frederiksberg - Vanløse - Hellerup	Only during rush hours
30-09-1979	Closed without replacement

References

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2. TV2 Kosmopol. DSB sender førerløse S-tog i udbud. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20140723004633/http://www.dsb.dk/trafikinformation/aendringer-i-trafikken/?trafficType=Planned&trafficId=34176
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20170717232109/http://www.dsb.dk/trafikinformation/andringer-i-trafik-og-drift/andringer-i-trafik-og-drift/s---fase-3/
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20240629195504/https://www.dsb.dk/trafikinformation/andringer-i-trafik-og-drift/andringer-i-trafik-og-drift/473/
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20240611145419/https://www.dsb.dk/trafikinformation/andringer-i-trafik-og-drift/andringer-i-trafik-og-drift/449---nht-hl/
7. Linjeændringer på S-banen 13. december af Thomas de Laine. Myldretid, 25. november 2009.
8. S-banen får nattog af Thomas de Laine. Myldretid, 10. september 2009.
11. Ændrede S-togslinjer og farvel til publikumskøreplanen af Thomas de Laine. Myldretid.dk, 4. december 2018.
12. https://myldretid.dk/nyheder/nr/223