Lille Syd

Lille Syd
Lille Syd
	Location map
Overview
Owner	Banedanmark
Termini	Roskilde;
Stations	13
Service
Type	Railway
System	Danish railways
Operator(s)	DSB
Rolling stock	Alstom Coradia LINT
History
Opened	4 October 1870
Technical
Line length	61.4 km
Number of tracks	Single
Character	Passenger
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	120 km/h

Lille Syd ("Little South") is a passenger railway line on the Danish island of Zealand, connecting the towns of Roskilde and Næstved by way of Køge.

History[]

The railway was built as part of the Zealand South Line (Sjællandske Sydbane) which was inaugurated on 4 October 1870. After 1924, most trains used the Ringsted-Næstved Line.

In 2012, it was decided to electrify the section between Køge and Næstved.^[1] The works were completed in March 2019.^[2]

When the new Copenhagen–Ringsted Line is fully operational, Lille Syd trains will run from Næstved to Copenhagen via Køge. Since December 2020, the northern part of the Lille Syd route, between Køge and Roskilde, has been served by an extension of Østbanen.^[3]^[4]

Stations[]

Station	Location	Distance from Roskilde (km)	Distance from Næstved (km)
Roskilde station	Roskilde	0.0 km	61.4 km
	Gadstrup	8.0 km	53.4 km
	Havdrup	11.5 km	49.9 km
	Lille Skensved	15.4 km	46.0 km
Ølby station	Ølby	19.6 km	41.8 km
Køge station	Køge	22.3 km	39.1 km
	Herfølge	27.9 km	33.5 km
	Algestrup	34.2 km	27.2 km
	Haslev	43.0 km	18.4 km
	Holme-Olstrup	53.9 km	7.5 km
	Næstved	58.2 km	3.2 km
	Næstved	61.4 km	0.0 km