B (S-train)


B is a service on the S-train network in Copenhagen. It runs between Farum and Høje Taastrup and provides stopping services on the S-train system's Farum radia and Tåstrup radial.
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. On Friday and Saturday nights there is also a 30 minutes service throughout the night.

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.
NameSouthern endYearsNorthern end
1bterminated at København H1936–1940Nordbanen:
all stops to Holte
1bFrederikssundbanen:
all stops to Valby
1940–1941Nordbanen:
all stops to Holte
1ball stops to Vanløse1941–1949Nordbanen:
all stops to Holte
1ball stops to Ballerup1949–1950Nordbanen:
all stops to Holte
Bterminated at København H1950–1953Nordbanen:
all stops to Holte
BVestbanen:
all stops to Glostrup
1953–1963Nordbanen:
all stops to Holte
Ball stops to Taastrup1963–1979Nordbanen:
all stops to Holte
Ball stops to Taastrup1979–1986Hareskovbanen:
all stops to Farum
Ball stops to Høje Taastrup1986–1989Hareskovbanen:
all stops to Farum
Ball stops to Høje Taastrup1989–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. 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.

Bx

Rush-hour supplements for B ran from 1955: