The nominally independent local lines of North Sjælland are now marketed under the Lokalbanen banner. The Helsingør-Hornbæk-Gilleleje Banen (HHGB) is now the Lokalbanen - Hornbækbanen and trains run through onto the original Gribskovbanen from Gilleleje to Hillerød. At Helsingør, the HHGB used to stop in the street outside Helsingør station, but has now been extended to run alongside a platform in the station proper. The trains still run between the road and quayside for a few hundred metres.

The new LINT sets run every 30 minutes between 06:00 and 19:00 Mon-Fri and hourly at other times. None of the towns the route passes through are particularly large and there are many bigger places in the UK where the service and smart air-conditioned trains would be envied. Trains take about 45 minutes between Helsingør and Gilleleje, plus a further 30 onto Hillerød. I travelled just to Hornbæk (30mins), an attractive small town, but presumably the largest on the route since it is now known as the Hornbækbanen.

HHGB  -  Y-Tog Lynette DMUs

'Lynette' Y-Tog DMU sets ran the services on these lines for around 40 years, but have been displaced by 27 Alstom LINT 2-car DMUs (covering all lines, not just the Hornbækbanen). The HHGB Y-Togs consisted of Uerdingen single unit Ym-53 and twin sets Ym51/Ym91, Ym52/Ym92 and Ym54/Ys94 built 1970-73, plus Düwag/Skandia twin-sets Ym55/Ys95 and Ym56/Ys96 built in 1983/84. The two Düwag sets were undergoing maintenance at the shed at Helsingør-Grønnehave on my 2007 visit. On my first 1975 visit the single unit Ym53 was running with a driving trailer.

Urderdingen 'Lynette' Y-Tog single unit Ym53 with a trailer at original terminus outside Helsingør station
Photo: ©1979 Ian Boyle

Urderdingen 'Lynette' Y-Tog single unit Ym53 with a trailer at original terminus outside Helsingør station
Photo: ©1979 Ian Boyle

Düwag/Skandia 'Lynette' Y-Tog sets at Grønnehave, trailer Ys95 leading
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007

Alstom LINT 2-car DMUs

The 'Lynette' Y-Tog DMU sets which have run the services on these lines for the last 40 years have been displaced by 27 Alstom LINT 2-car DMUs (covering all lines, not just the Hornbækbanen. The HHGB Y-Togs consisted of Uerdingen single unit Ym-53 and twin sets Ym51/Ym91, Ym52/Ym92 and Ym54/Ys94 built 1970-73, plus Düwag/Skandia twin-sets Ym55/Ys95 and Ym56/Ys96 built in 1983/84. The two Düwag sets were undergoing maintenance at the shed at Helsingør-Grønnehave on my 2007 visit. On my first 1975 visit the single unit Ym53 was running with a driving trailer.

The new LINT sets run every 30 minutes between 06:00 and 19:00 Mon-Fri and hourly at other times. None of the towns the route passes through are particularly large and there are many bigger places in the UK where the service and smart air-conditioned trains would be envied. Trains take about 45 minutes between Helsingør and Gilleleje, plus a further 30 onto Hillerød. I travelled just to Hornbæk (30mins), an attractive small town, but presumably the largest on the route since it is now known as the Hornbækbanen.

Alstom LINT 2-car DMU interior views
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007

Alstom LINT 2-car DMU leaving the Hornbækbanen platform at Helsingør station
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007

Alstom LINT 2-car DMU 105/205 arriving at Helsingør station via the street section
I travelled on this set to Hornbæk
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007

Alstom LINT 2-car DMUs passing at Hornbæk
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007

Alstom LINT 2-car DMUs arriving at Hornbæk - I took this set back to Helsingør
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007

On the way back to I Helsingør I detrained at Grønnehave to photograph the Y-Tog
Trains also pass at Grønnehave and the narrow platform is quite claustrophobic
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007

LINT and Y-Tog sets on shed at Grønnehave in Helsingør
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007

Grønnehave Station in Helsingør
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007

I walked from Grønnehave back to Helsingør ferry terminal, following the railway where possible
This train is running empty towards Helsingør
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007

The set in the images above returning from Helsingør station on a service train to Gilleleje along the road section
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007

Helsingør station
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007

Lokalbanen - Gribskovbanen
Lokalbanen - Frederiksværkbanen
ex-GDS & HFHJ

The Gribskovbanen (GDS) ran from Hillerød to Gilleleje  &  Hillerød to Tisvildeleje. 'Lynettes' carried dual ownership markings with the  (Hillerød to Hundested - HFHJ). Now part of the Lokalbanen network as Lokalbanen-Gribskovbanen it now uses Alstom LINT 2-car DMUs. Trains run through from Hillerød to Helsingør on both ex-GDS & HHGB tracks.

The Hillerød-Frederiksværk-Hundested Jernbane (HFHJ) shared 'Lynettes' with the Gribskovbanen
Now part of the Lokalbanen network as Lokalbanen-Frederiksværkbanen, they now use Alstom LINT 2-car DMUs.

The first Y-Tog 'Lynettes' were 3-car sets with six power cars Ym1-Ym6 each matched to a trailer and a driving trailer, built in 1965 by Uerdingen. These were followed by five further 3-Car sets with power cars Ym7-Ym11. All were classed as GDS/HFHJ.

GDS  -  Skinnebusserne Railcars

The distinctive Skinnebusser railcars were delivered to most Danish private railways from just after WW2. On my visit to Gilleleje in 1979, two remained in stock, S1 and Sm5. S1 was delivered to the GDS in 1947 and Sm5 built 1952 as Sm2 on the Langelandsbanen. It moved to the GDS in 1962 and renumbered Sm5. S1 did not look as if it had moved for a while. The Skinnebusserne railcars were built by Scandia and had Leyland 6-cylinder diesel engines.

Gribskovbanen Skinnebusser S1 out of use at Gilleleje
Photo: ©1979 Ian Boyle

GDS-HFHJ  -  Y-Tog Lynette DMUs

The first GDS-HFHJ Y-Tog 'Lynettes' were 3-car sets with six power cars Ym1-Ym6 each matched to a trailer and a driving trailer, built in 1965 by Uerdingen. These were followed by five further sets with power cars Ym7-Ym11. All were classed as GDS/HFHJ.

Gribskovbanen 3-car 'Lynette' at Gilleleje
Photo: ©1979 Ian Boyle

Displaced DSB 'Lynette' DMUs at Helsingør, including ML4901 and ML4903
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th August 2007

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