Aarhus Light rail test driver (2017)

YouTube name: SporvognDK.
Date: September 24, 2017.
City: Aarhus (Denmark).

Aarhus Letbane
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Aarhus low-floor articulated tram 1107-1207, manufacturer Stadlerrail Werk Pankow, type Variobahn, width 2.65 m, length 32.00 m, weight 41.0 t, manufactured 2016-2017, with 84 seats and 132 standing places, max speed 80 km/h, signed line L2 AU Hospital.

Great to see this! I hope that Hamburg will also get a tram one day.

Universitetshospitalet → Aarhus H, Aarhus Central Station → The University → Skolebakken → Olof Palmes Alle → Vandtårnet (Ringvejen) → Universitetsparken → Nørreport → Dokk1 → Stjernepladsen → Nehrus Allé → Stockholmsgade.

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On the Track in Aarhus - part 3 (2018)ON THE TRACK 2018 - part 3 0:00: The new German train set TWINDEXX, which is the regional train, is running here in the Schleswig-Holstein area. It was put into operation in December 2017—Flensburg/Tarp on May 28, 2018. 2:12: Lindaunisbroen with Lint train set DB Regio 648 455 / 955 towards Flensburg on May 28, 2018, and Lint train set DB Regio 648 855 / 355 "Fehmarn" towards Kiel. 4:50: The new Light Rail in Aarhus, which can be seen here, among other things, at Dock 1 on May 31, 2018. The Light Rail type Variobahn (no. 11xx) is on the Line 2 route. 8:40: First day of operation and opening of the Odderbanen with the Aarhus Light Rail on August 25, 2018. 10:30: Inauguration day of the Aarhus Light Rail on the Odderbanen on September 8, 2018. 12:51: ODIN, Denmark's first steam locomotive, a replica built in 1846, was presented in Odense on September 15, 2018. 18:25: South Jutland's Veteran Train with steam train TKVJ no. 12 from Haderslev to Vojens on December 2, 2018. 27:43: With steam train TKVJ no. 12 from Vejle to Grejsdal Christmas market on December 8, 2018. 32:25: Veteran Train West diesel train DSB MT 152 ran as a Christmas train to the Tønder Christmas market in Ribe on December 16, 2018. 34:32: Farewell trip on Haderslev Bybanen, with borrowed DSB MR 4048 / MRD 4248 railcar, arranged by Veterbanen Haderslev Vojens (VHV), Danish Railway Club on December 30, 2018. Driver's cabin recording from the farewell trip can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwOJUL2BTFcBy TeamBaumann - May 27, 2018.

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Light Rail Aarhus, Denmark (2017)Light rail train at Aarhus Harbour.By androkles - September 3, 2017.

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Aarhus Light Rail at Aarhus H and Vestre Strandallé (2023)By Felix - Trainspotting and churchhunting.
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L2 and Lisbjerg (2018)Opening of stage two of the Aarhus Light Rail took place on 25 August. On that occasion, a group of over 30 from NJS - Forum for Nordic Railway Cooperation was in town and could share in the joy. Video from Lisbjerg at the end of the L2 extension.By Poul Kattler - August 25, 2018.

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I Rode EVERY Light Rail System in Denmark! (2024)...at least until Copenhagen opens its light rail system in 2025. In just 24 hours, I'll ride the entire light rail system in Denmark, covering both of them. We've arrived in Odense, Denmark's third-largest city. We're on the 8:13 train to Svendborg. Oh my gosh, it's a tiny train, and this is so exciting—lots of like, oh my gosh, nice big tray table with a coffee thingy. We're only on this for a couple of stops; we're basically using it to get to the end of the light rail here. Well, thanks for the trip, you little weirdo. I love how tiny this platform is—it's so cute. Over here is the end of the light rail, which I actually can't ride until 8:30. I did this weird thing where you can pre-book a ticket via the app, but you have to schedule it, so it's not available until 8:30, so I'm stuck in this weird little area until then. Look how little space it takes to fit all these bikes—that’s think how much more space it would take to fill with cars if you’d use the same number. This line runs every 7.5 minutes throughout the day, which is very convenient. And something cool is they have separate countdown clocks for each platform, so there's only one train here now, but we know it's leaving in 6 minutes. The next train on this platform isn't leaving for 13 minutes. Slightly concerning, but it appears I need to be online for the ticket to be processed. That is a bit of a concern, given there's no Wi-Fi here. Here's a fun fact: besides the card, which is mainly for residents in Denmark, there's no way to get a physical single ticket. I guess if they yell at me, I'll say there was nothing else I could do. Here’s the route we're taking. We’re going to make our way through the university slowly, then up into town, looping around the city center, and ending at what I believe is a shopping mall. It’s actually quite a long trip, about 40 minutes. This is nice; it's very open. Looks like a couple of stops at the university are temporarily closed or something—first of all, the grassy tracks. Second, I assume this is slated for redevelopment because there's nothing here currently. Light rail station, accessible car dealership—that’s really the middle of nowhere. There are just some random office parks here and there, along with Park and Ride facilities. Wow, these bike racks are so cute. This is a park-and-ride facility with an indoor waiting room. Oh my God, there's a lot of construction going on here now, so in a few years, this will be a much bigger deal than it is now, and the tram will be more useful. Here are the closed areas—there will be a new hospital built on this site. Again, a lot of development around this line. It’s impressive how the tram here has its own right-of-way, with no roads crossing it. On both sides, there’s just construction. That outbound tram is very busy—I think the peak direction now is probably toward the university, not into the city. Perhaps it's the fog, but this large park appears quite ominous. I didn’t know Carl’s Jr. was exported here. There’s a whole stop just for IKEA—that's awesome. I think that's the building the station serves. It’s annoying how there's parking right between us, and you can't tell from this angle that this apartment complex also has parking out front. I wonder if some of these complexes were built before the light rail came in because the newer ones seem to be designed around the line, whereas these older ones were probably here first. The train I’m on is standing room only. I was going to complain about how twisty this line is, but clearly it doesn't matter—tons of people are using it now. We’re entering more old-school dense residential neighborhoods, and I think because of that, we're just seeing more tram passengers commuting into the city. This is a great use of street space, featuring tram tracks, one lane for cars, a protected bike lane, and a sidewalk. Now it's fully pedestrianized, which is even better. Here’s the Central Station, which apparently has this huge building attached. Oh, a light rail-accessible stadium right here. Now we’re at Tarup Center, which is pretty desolate, and the mall doesn't open until 10, so I think we'll take the tram back into the city center. Here’s the mall—you definitely can't say it's not transit-accessible. And given that the mall isn't open, this stop seems very popular—there are already several people here. I got off in the pedestrianized city center, which I’d call an old town, but it's actually quite modern. Overall, this is a perfect tram line—it covers a large part of the city. The university generates a lot of ridership. It runs straight through the city center on its own dedicated track, which is really cool.By Miles in Transit - May 29, 2024.

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Aarhus Light Rail, part 2 (2021)An exciting film about the Aarhus light rail system.By Sebastians film i togenes verden. - August 7, 2021.

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Bus & Rail Observations of Aarhus, Denmark 🇩🇰 (2024)Recordings of intercity bus and light rail service in the Danish city of Aarhus. https://beta.rejseplanen.dk/en https://www.midttrafik.dk/rejsemuligheder/bybusser/aarhus/ 00:00 Aarhus Central Station 13:21 Nørreport (Light Rail) 23:36 Skolebakken (Light Rail) 29:41 Park Allé at Rådhusparken 42:50 Aarhus Central Station (from Frederiks Allé overpass)By MJofLakelandX ᴮᴬᴸᵀᴵᴹᴼᴿᴱ ᵀᴿᴬᴺˢᴵᵀ - November 2024.

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Aarhus Light Rail's least visited station (2025)Welcome to Assedrup, the least visited station of the Aarhus Light Rail. The system has 48 stations along a 110 km stretch. It includes new segments built between 2016 and 2018, as well as older sections of the Odder Line and the Greno Line. This is the Odder Line, and we are actually at the station before Odder, which is Assedrup station. The station has been part of the Odder Line since its opening in 1884. It was closed in 2016 during the conversion to light rail and reopened on April 25, 2018. The light rail is the third form of rail transit in Aarhus—first horse-drawn carriages in 1884, then electric trams in 1904, and now the Aarhus Light Rail. By the late 20th century, the increasing car traffic in Aarhus had created a need for high-capacity public transportation. Urban development projects, such as Skjøy Hospital and Lisbjerg, also contributed to this growth. In 2000, the municipality started working on bus lanes, and in 2007, a joint commission was established to develop the light rail system. The plan was to connect the Odderbanen and Grenobanen via a light rail track through Aarhus. The light rail was initially scheduled to open in September 2017, but a delay in obtaining safety approvals pushed back the opening. The section between Aarhus H and the University Hospital didn't open until December 21, 2017. On August 25, 2018, the section to Odder and Lisbjergskolen opened. The Gren and Lysstrup section finally opened on April 30, 2019. Assedrup was previously a station on the Odderbanen before the line was converted to light rail, and it reopened as a light rail station on August 25, 2018. The Aarhus light rail faced numerous issues when it was scheduled to open in 2018. First, not many people in Aarhus initially wanted a light rail. Second, the entire city was disrupted by roadworks and track construction across the streets, causing fatigue among residents. Third, when the light rail was supposed to open, it was delayed by a whole year due to safety approval issues. In short, the Aarhus light rail was challenging during construction, but once it opened, it attracted far more passengers than expected. During its first week, riding the light rail was free of charge. Asserdrup Station recorded 3,641 passengers in 2024. While these are among the smaller stations in Denmark, they are not the smallest, but definitely not among the largest.By AnViFox - May 20, 2025.

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Aarhus H to Odder with the light rail (2020)Join us on a slightly different train journey with Letbanen, see some places from a different angle, a little landscape and the fox cubs that live at KM 15.1. By Icebraker78 - May 16, 2020.

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Dokk1 station (2025)You don't have to go very far from Aarhus Central Station before you find one of the beautiful pearls of the Jutland capital, namely Dokken or Dokk1 as it is called. Dokk1 is a large multi-storey building that, among other things, contains Scandinavia's largest library and opened in 2015 and also helped make Aarhus a joint European Capital of Culture in 2017 together with Cypriot Pafos🇨🇾 and now coming to the train traffic, Dokk1 is also part of Aarhus Light Rail when the station opened in December 2017 and it was precisely at Dokk1 that Denmark's first light rail was inaugurated, so in a way you can say that Dokk1 is also the country's oldest light rail station if you look at the operation, before Dokk1 was built, there was a step on the Grenaa Line at the same location called Europaplads which was in operation between 1979 and 2005 and here was Aarhus harbor where it was not very far to the ferry port where you could take the ferry to Samsø, Sjællands Odde, Norway, and Sweden, you can still take the ferry from Aarhus to Zealand, but out of the container port because something Dokk1 has also helped to do is move the industrial port out of the city where the old port has also been converted into the Aarhus Ø district, but can still take the ferry from the old area with the fast ferry Lilleøre to Samsø, Dokk1 is worth visiting and it is also easy because there are 5-6 departures between Aarhus H and Dokk1 in each direction 3/4 of the day (during rush hour up to 10 departures).By Mikkel på Zugfahrt - August 3, 2025.

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