Scenic route
Mariager–Handest Veteranjernbane
Mariager → Handest · Denmark
- Distance
- 17 km
- Fastest time
- 50 min
- Top speed
- 45 km/h
- Operator
- MHVJ
- Train
- Heritage steam & railcars
- Countries
- Denmark
- In service since
- 1927
Page last updated 2026-07-22 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Denmark’s leading veteran railway: 1909 Henschel steam from the fjord port of Mariager over rolling moraine hills to Handest, run in 1950s private-railway style.
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