OpenRailwayMap/Tagging in Denmark

Tracks

General

General tags in Denmark are:

• railway=rail
• railway=light_rail for Aarhus Letbane, Odense Letbane, and Hovedstadens Letbane

Milestones

Not widely used yet

• railway=milestone
• railway:position=* VALUE in km, decimals separated with "."

Track gauge

All railways in Denmark use standard gauge. A few touristic railways may differ.

• gauge=1435

Electrification systems

The following electrification systems are used in Denmark:

Non-electrified

• electrified=no

DC-Tracks

S-train commuter rail around Copenhagen:

• electrified=contact_line
• voltage=1650
• frequency=0

Tram lines/light rail:

• electrified=contact_line
• voltage=750
• frequency=0

Copenhagen metro:

• electrified=rail
• voltage=750
• frequency=0

AC-Tracks

All heavy rail lines:

• electrified=contact_line
• voltage=25000
• frequency=50

Padborg station has a few tracks to the German standard

• electrified=contact_line
• voltage=15000
• frequency=16.7

Train protection

With no train protection

Simply don't tag it

With Danish ATC (=Automatic Train Control)

• railway:ZUB123=yes

Don't tag it as ATC, as that tag is already taken by Swedish ATC.

With ETCS

• railway:etcs=2

Only ETCS Level 2 is used in Denmark

Sources

• https://bane.dk/Jernbanevirksomhed/Sikkerhed/Trafikale-regler
• https://www.bane.dk/da/Jernbanevirksomhed/Sikkerhed/Trafikale-regler/SR/SR/-/media/FF191FAA53244E349DC70B4FABBB9C97.ashx
• https://worldofsignals.com/wiki/doku.php?id=dk:danish_signalling
• https://gis.bane.dk/portal/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6541fbc0cbba499b861e4d7fe23b10b6
• https://www.lundsten.dk/dk_signaling/dksignal.html
• https://qelectronics.de/downloads/signalbuch/signale.denmark.pdf