Lemvig Line

The Lemvig Line (Danish: Lemvigbanen or Vemb-Lemvig-Thyborøn Jernbane (VLTJ)) is a 57 km (35 mi) long local railway line in Northwest Jutland, Denmark. The railway links the fishing port of Thyborøn and the market town of Lemvig with the Danish railway network. Established in sections between 1879 and 1899, the standard gauge single track railway line is mostly level. It is currently owned and operated by the regional railway company Midtjyske Jernbaner (MJBA) which runs frequent local train services from Thyborøn and Lemvig stations to Vemb station on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line, with onward connections from Vemb to the rest of Denmark. The unelectrified railway is operated with a fleet of five double-unit Y-train railcars, but from 2025 battery trains are gradually starting to operate on the Lemvig Line, as the first railway line in Denmark. VLTJ has its own workshop and servicing facilities on the line in Lemvig. The first section of the railway line from Vemb on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line to the market town of Lemvig on the Limfjord was opened on 20. juli 1879. The second section from Lemvig to Harboøre opened on 22 July 1899, followed by the third and last section from Harboøre to the fishing port of Thyborøn by the North Sea on 1 November 1899. The railway was used to test a prototype hydrogen-powered train in 2010. The Lemvig Line was built and originally operated by the two railway companies Vemb-Lemvig Railway (VLJ) and Lemvig-Thyborøn Railway (LTJ), which on August 16, 1921 were merged to form the company Vemb-Lemvig-Thyborøn Jernbane A/S (VLTJ).