Another island railway, in
the Baltic
October 08, 2011, 11:11
Another small island with a
railway system was Denmark’s Bornholm, in the
Baltic Sea south of Sweden. (Though not as small
as Bermuda.)
I recently got to spend a week on the island. The
trains are long gone, but many stations and other
buildings remain.
A steam-hauled, metre-gauge
system, the first line opened from Ronne to Nexo
in 1900. Lines were completed to Sandvig in 1913,
and Gudhjem in 1916. The system eventually became
part of Danish State Railways (DSB) and was
gradually closed between 1952 and 1968.
The top picture shows picture shows Aakirkeby Station,
in the centre of the island. The bottom shows the
station in Ronne, the largest town, from the air
sometime before the railway closed in 1968.
Bornholm is a Danish island
in the Baltic Sea south of Skane in Sweden. It is
a traditional summer resort for Danes and other
Europeans, and it is easy to reach by train or bus
through Sweden to the ferry at Ystad. The old
railway right of way has generally been turned
into walking and cycling paths.
If you read Danish, or can use Google Translate, check
out this website:
http://www.den-metersporede.dk
