Skanderborg–Skjern railway line

{{Short description|Railway line in Jutland, Denmark}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}

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{{Infobox rail line

| box_width =

| name = Skanderborg–Skjern railway line

| native_name = Skanderborg–Skjern banen

| native_name_lang = da

| image = DK_2012_Skanderborg-Skjern-banen.jpg

| type = Main line

| system = Danish railways

| status = Active

| start = Skanderborg station

| end = Skjern station

| stations = 18

| open = {{start date|df=y|1871|5|2}} (Skanderborg–Silkeborg)
{{start date|df=y|1877|8|28}} (Silkeborg–Herning)
{{start date|df=y|1881|10|1}} (Herning–Skjern)

| close =

| owner = Banedanmark

| operator = Arriva

| character = Passenger trains
Freight trains

| stock =

| linelength = {{convert|111.9|km|mi}}

| tracklength =

| tracks = Single

| gauge = {{track gauge|sg}}

| electrification = None

| speed = {{convert|120|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} (Skanderborg–Silkeborg)
{{convert|100|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} (Silkeborg–Skjern){{cite web|url=http://www.bane.dk/db/filarkiv/13974/Bilag_3_3I_2014_endelig_version.pdf |title=Hastighed på Banedanmarks jernbanenet |language=Danish |publisher=Banedanmark, 27 November 2012 |access-date=14 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118210021/http://www.bane.dk/db/filarkiv/13974/Bilag_3_3I_2014_endelig_version.pdf |archive-date=18 January 2014 }}

| elevation =

| map = 250px {{Skanderborg–Skjern railway line}}

}}

The Skanderborg–Skjern railway line ({{langx|da|Skanderborg–Skjern–banen}}) is a {{convert|111.9|km|mi|abbr=on}} long standard gauge single track railway line in Denmark which runs between the cities of Skanderborg and Skjern in Central Jutland, Denmark.

The railway opened in sections. The section from Skanderborg to Silkeborg opened in 1871, the section from Silkeborg to Herning in 1877, and the section from Herning to Skjern in 1881. The line is owned and maintained by Rail Net Denmark and served with passenger trains by the railway company Arriva.