B (S-train)

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B and B+ are services on the S-train network in Copenhagen. They run between Høje Taastrup and Holte and provide stopping services on the S-train system's Tåstrup radial and the inner part of the Hillerød radial.

B is one of the base services on the network, running every 20 minutes from about 5:00 to 1:00 every day. Until about 19:00 Mo-Fr and 15:00 Sa it is supplemented by line B+, doubling the frequency.

[edit] Stops

• Høje Taastrup
• Taastrup
• Albertslund
• Glostrup
• Brøndbyøster
• Rødovre
• Hvidovre
• Danshøj
• Valby
• Enghave
• Dybbølsbro
• København H
• Vesterport
• Nørreport
• Østerport
• Nordhavn
• Svanemøllen
• Hellerup
• Bernstorffsvej
• Gentofte
• Jægersborg
• Lyngby
• Sorgenfri
• Virum
• Holte

[edit] History

Since the first part of the Tåstrup radial opened in 1953, letter B has been used for its principal service. Before that the characteristic of service B was that it was the stopping trains to Holte.

Name	Southern end	Years	Northern end
1b	terminated at København H	1936–1940	Nordbanen: all stops to Holte
	Frederikssundbanen: all stops to Valby	1940–1941
	all stops to Vanløse	1941–1949
	all stops to Ballerup	1949–1950
B	terminated at København H	1950–1953
	Vestbanen: all stops to Glostrup	1953–1963
	all stops to Tåstrup	1963–1979
		1979–1986	Hareskovbanen: all stops to Farum
	all stops to Høje Taastrup	1986–1989
		1989–	Nordbanen: all stops to Holte

From 1972 to 1979, the service on the Tåstrup branch was supplemented on weekdays by service E (q.v.). In 1979 a separate reinforcement service Bb was created; after some name changes it became the current B+:

Name	Southern end	Years	Northern end
Bb	Vestbanen: all stops to Tåstrup	1979–1986	terminated at Hellerup
	all stops to Høje Taastrup	1986–1989
L		1989–1995	Nordbanen: all stops to Holte
B+		1995–2007

Rush-hour supplements for B ran from 1955:

Name	Southern end	Years	Northern end
–	terminated at København H	1955–1963	Nordbanen: all stops to Lyngby
–	Vestbanen: all stops to Hvidovre	1960–1963	terminated at Hellerup
Bx	to Tåstrup, non-stop København H - Hvidovre	1963–1972	to Lyngby, non-stop Østerport - Bernstorffsvej
	to Tåstrup, non-stop København H - Valby - Glostrup	1972–1979
		1979–1986	Hareskovbanen: to Farum, non-stop Østerport - Kildebakke and Bagsværd - Værløse
	as above, extended to Høje Taastrup	1986–1989
	as above, plus all stops until Valby	1989–1993	as above, plus stop in Vangde
	to Høje Taastrup, non-stop København H - Valby	1993–1995	to Hellerup, non-stop from Østerport
	as above, except non-stop Valby - Glostrup	1995–2001	terminated at København H
		2001–2002	to Hellerup, non-stop from Østerport
		2002–2004	all stops to Hellerup
	to Høje Taastrup daytime Mon-Fri; non-stop Danshøj - Glostrup	2005	Klampenborgbanen: all stops to Klampenborg daytime Mon-Fri
No service in 2006 due to infrastructure works
Bx	to Høje Taastrup rush hour Mon-Fri; non-stop Danshøj - Glostrup	2007-	Hareskovbanen: to Farum rush hour Mon-Fri; non-stop Ryparken - Vangede and in Skovbrynet