B (S-train)

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B is a service on the S-train network in Copenhagen. It runs between Høje Taastrup and Holte and provides stopping services on the S-train system's Tåstrup radial and the inner part of the Hillerød radial.^[1]^[2]

B is one of the base services on the network, running every 20 minutes from about 5:00 to 1:00 every day, and every 10 minutes between about 6:00 to 19:00 on weekdays.^[1]

Stops

History

Since the first part of the Taastrup 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 Taastrup	1963–1979
	all stops to Taastrup	1979–1986	Hareskovbanen: all stops to Farum
	all stops to Høje Taastrup	1986–1989	Hareskovbanen: all stops to Farum
	all stops to Høje Taastrup	1989–	Nordbanen: all stops to Holte

Bb, L, B+

From 1972 to 1979, the service on the Taastrup branch was supplemented on weekdays by service E (q.v.). In 1979 a separate daytime reinforcement service Bb was created; it ran every 20 minutes with a 10-minute offset to service B such that the Tåstrup radial effectively had a 10-minute frequency. Under the timetable doctrine followed in those years, a service letter such as B could not be used for more than exactly 3 trains an hour, so a separate service designation was needed for these daytime supplements. They later changed their name to L and then to B+, and were finally folded into B with the 2007 timetable.

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

Bx

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 Taastrup, non-stop København H - Hvidovre	1963–1972	to Lyngby, non-stop Østerport - Bernstorffsvej
	to Taastrup, non-stop København H - Valby - Glostrup	1972–1979	to Lyngby, non-stop Østerport - Bernstorffsvej
	to Taastrup, non-stop København H - Valby - Glostrup	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 Vangede
	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	2007-2009	Hareskovbanen: to Farum rush hour Mon-Fri; non-stop Ryparken - Vangede and in Skovbrynet
Bx	as above, but only morning rush	Dec 2009–	terminates at Østerport

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "B-line(pdf)". DSB. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
↑ "All-lines(pdf)". DSB. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

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