In the 2014, the Tram Museum will be starting the run-up to an important 50th anniversary.

The Danish Tramway His-torical Society, which operates and develops the museum on the basis of unpaid voluntary labour, will be celebrating this fi ne anni-versary in February 2015. At this year’s exhibition at the Tramway Museum, you can see glimpses of the preparations for the 25th anniversary exhibition in 1990 in Copenhagen Town Hall, which was the fi rst time a tram was ex-hibited there.

This will be repeated at the grand anniversary exhibition in the Town Hall in February 2015.

This year’s exhibition in Valby Old Depot also shows how modern trams – often called light rail ve-hicles – are on their way in the four largest Danish cities. The special focus is on light rail plans for the Copenhagen area. Light rail lines are comprising a signifi cant part of the public transport services in ever more European cities.

In the 2014 season, the Tramway Museum will once again be visited by the owners of the cars that accompanied the trams, with their historic vehicles. The exhibition in Valby Old Depot

shows how the city streets looked until 1972, when the last Copenhagen tram line was converted to bus operations.

The jubilee exhibition in Copenhagen Town Hall will take place from 11-21 February 2015.

The Tramway Museum’s collection is extensive, and covers the whole period from the fi rst horse trams to the last – then modern – articulated trams acquired in the 1960s and sold to Egypt on the cessation of tramway traffi c in 1972. Two of the articulated trams have since been bought back and are now under restoration.

In addition to trams, the museum also has a number of buses and trol-ley buses – many of them roadwor-thy – in its collec-tion, which help to illustrate the devel-opment of public transport over the years.

Some of the re-storation work is carried out at the Tram Museum, some in Odense and on Bornholm, and some with the help of Danish and foreign partners. In the course of

the 2014 season, we are looking forward to being able to present some trams in traffi c after restoration.

From the start of the season, the new café car, housed in a for-mer ‘Düsseldorfer’ tram, will be ready. The restored bogie tram KS-587 will also be ready early in the season, after a break of eight years. On the bus side, restoration work has also been carried out – including on the museum’s Leyland series 7 city bus from 1984, which was delivered to Birk-erød Bus Compagni. The bus has been renovated and returned to its original livery, and can be seen on the museum route around Valsølille lake

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The Danish Tramway Museum encompasses two tram depots, one of which, Valby Old Depot, dates from 1901, and two tram lines with a combined length of approximately two kilometres.From the museum forecourt, working trams bring visitors along the main route out into Højbjerg Woods.

The Tramway Museum is operated on a voluntary and unpaid basis by members of the Danish Tramway Historical Society (SHS). Their reward for this and other work in the SHS is good comradeship with others who share a common interest in urban public transport and its history. The SHS was founded in 1965, a few years before the closure of the last Danish tram route in 1972.

The society holds members’ meetings, publishes books on public transport, and organises excursions to tram cities abroad. The annual subscription (2014) is DKK 450 for adults and DKK 400 for those under 18 and pensioners.

You can join the SHS at the museum shop, or by contacting:

The Danish Tramway Historical SocietyMembership registration, Hans Harpøth

Frederiksberg Allé 53, 2. tv.DK-1820 Frederiksberg C

e-mail: medlemsregistret@sporvejsmuseet.dk

Welcome to the SHS!

”Traffi c weekend” is normally held on the last weekend in July, with intensive tram traffi c at fi ve-minute intervals on the museum’s lines, and veteran bus traffi c.

On these days, many of the museum’s vehicles which do not run on ordinary opening days can be seen in operation. See ”Calendar 2014” for the date of this year’s Traffi c Weekend.

The Danish Tramway Museum

Ride on Danish and foreign trams in beautiful Mid-Sealand!

www.sporvejsmuseet.dk

The season’s opening hours: Saturdays, Sundays and public holidaysConstitution Day Wednesday, 5 June also Friday, 6 JuneSummer holiday period 24 June - 17 August open every day except MondaysEvening opening 30 August and 27 SeptemberAutumn half-term 11 - 19 October, every dayChristmas tree sales 13 and 14 December

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The Danish TramwayMuseum at Skjoldenaesholm

near Jystrup, between Roskilde and Ringsted

The Danish Tramway Museum at SkjoldenaesholmSkjoldenaesvej 107, DK-4174 Jystrup, Denmark

Tel. + 45 57 52 88 33E-mail: info@sporvejsmuseet.dk

www.sporvejsmuseet.dk

You can easily fi nd the museum with the help of the above map.

GPS coordinates:Lat: N 55° 31.922’Long: E 011° 50.933’

Bus connection between Borup station and the Tramway Museum: Please look inside this brochure.

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Vehicle collection Theme exhibition in Valby Old Depot Denmark,s longest museum

Traffic weekend

Horse tram and horse omnibusDriving on selected days

In 2014, too, the Tramway Museum can offer guests a ride on a horse tram and horse omnibus. For practical reasons, however, this can only be done on selected days in the season. You can see which days the tram is operating in the “2014 Calendar” section in this brochure.

The last horse tram ran in 1915, and the last horse omnibus ran in Copenhagen in 1917.

This half-timbered hall, built in 1901-02 when the Valby line con-verted to electrical operations, originally lay in Valby Langgade (Copenhagen), and was in use as a depot until 1953. In 1954 the building was transferred to Herlev, where it housed a timber yard until 1994. In 1995 the building was dismantled and re-erected

at the Tramway Museum.

It was inaugurated on 26 May 1998, and now houses the majority of the museum’s collections and a small model tramway.

On 13 and 14 December the Tramway Museum will hold its annual Christmas event, with sales of Christmas trees at the Eilers Eg loop in the forest.

There will be a heated Christmas café in Valby Old Depot, with traditional mulled wine, hot chocolate, dumplings, etc.

In the depot there will be live folk music, and Santa and his elves will arrive by reindeer-drawn tram.

Back in the days when trams fi lled the streets of Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense, it was the dream of many Danish children to become tram drivers or tram conductors when they grew up. Hop on a tram at the Tramway Museum and travel back in time to those days. Odense said goodbye to its trams as long ago as 1952, Aarhus in 1971, and Copenhagen in 1972.

Admission: Adults DKK 90, children DKK 45Groups (min. 20 paying guests): Adults DKK 80, children DKK 40The admission ticket gives unlimited travel on the museum’s trams on the day of the visit. The children’s rate is for children aged 3 - 12 years.Veteran bus trip around Valsølille lake: Adults DKK 20, children DKK 10

Groups of up to 18 persons can hire a tram to act as a ”base” during their visit. The tram contains a long table, and a driver will be placed at the group’s disposal. Guests can bring their own food and drink, or make other arrangements with us.

Besides the admission fee, the charge for the fi rst two hours is DKK 1,000, and thereafter DKK 300 per commenced half-hour.

If you would like to hire a veteran bus for a wedding, anniver-sary, birthday or other occasion, contact the Tramway Museum.

You can make a reservation at the telephone numbers and e-mail address listed under ”Special events”, below.

If you wish to visit the Tramway Museum outside normal opening hours, you can book a special event.

An extra charge of DKK 1,500 is made, in addition to the normal admission charges, to cover the expenses of the museum and staff. The minimum charge is however DKK 3,500.

Special events normally take place for up to 2½ hours before 5.00 pm, but other arrangements can be made.

To book special events, please call: Per Tingman Møller, tel. +45 3874 1356 Mikael Lund, tel. +45 4045 8210or contact us by e-mail: arrangementer@sporvejsmuseet.dk

On Wednesdays in the Summer holiday period and every day in the autumn half-term break, you can try your hand at driving a tram through the woods under the expert guidance of a museum tram driver. After the trip, you will receive a diploma.

Besides the admission fee, it costs DKK 150 to be a guest tram driver.

Reservation is made for suffi cient space in the trams.

Sunday 20 April (Easter Sunday): The museum opens for its 37th season.Saturday 26 April: Horse omnibus rides.Sunday 4 May: Horse tram rides. Thursday 29 May (Ascension Day): Horse tram rides. Sunday 8 June (Whit Sunday): Horse omnibus rides. Saturday 14 June: Visits by many old Ford vehicles from various countries.

Owners of the famous model A Ford (1927-1932) will be holding a rally in Denmark and will visit the Tramway Museum. Concert by Greve Harmoni-orkester in Valby Old Depot, 1.00 -3.00 pm.

Sunday 22 June: East Sealand Railway Club holds a double veteran train run Køge-Roskilde-Borup-(Tram Museum). For more information, see: www.osjk.dk.

Wednesdays from 25 June - 13 August: Try your hand as a tram driver under the expert guidance of a senior tram driver.

Saturday 5 July: Horse tram rides. Wednesday 16 July: Horse omnibus rides. Saturday 26 July: The cars that accompanied the trams. The Tramway Museum

organises a veteran and vintage rally for the cars that shared the city streets with the old trams until 1972. Participants should register with press secretary Søren Palsbo, e-mail: spalsbo@gmail.com or telephone +45 6083 6234.

Horse omnibus rides. Saturday 26 July and Sunday 27 July: Traffi c weekend with intensive tram

traffi c and many tram trains on the woodland section. Sunday 3 August: Horse tram rides. Sunday 24 August: Horse omnibus rides. Saturday 30 August: Open until 10.00 pm. Star gazing with Copenhagen As-

tronomical Society. Guests can experience the trams and the museum in an evening atmosphere, with the old street lamps. Horse tram rides. Veteran train (evening trip) Køge-Roskilde-Borup-(Tram Museum). For more information, see: www.osjk.dk.

Saturday 30 August and Sunday 31 August: Scout camp at the Tramway Museum. At their campsite on the museum forecourt, the scouts will show how to make toys and jewellery from natural materials.

Sunday 31 August: 1.00 - 3.00 pm Concert by the Basie Trust Big Band, led by Per Vadmand.

Saturday 13 September: MY Veteran Train: the Danish Railway Club will run a veteran train from Hundested-Copenhagen Central-Hvalsø-(Tram Museum). For more information, see: www.myveterantog.dk.

Saturday 27 September: Open until 10.00 pm. Star gazing with Copenhagen Astronomical Society. Guests can experience the trams and the museum in an evening atmosphere, with the old street lamps. Horse omnibus rides. Veteran train (evening trip) Køge-Roskilde-Borup-(Tram Museum). For more informa-tion, see: www.osjk.dk.

Autumn half-term (every day): Try your hand as a tram driver under the expert guidance of a senior tram driver.

Wednesday 15 October: Horse tram rides. Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 December: Christmas party with DSB Museum

Train’s steam train from Copenhagen Central-Roskilde-Hvalsø-(Tramway Museum). For more information, see: www.museumstog.dk. You are also welcome to arrive by car. Right to alterations reserved.

The Tramway Museum’s buses will run trips 1, 2 and 3 on the fol-lowing days between Borup station and the Tramway Museum: Sat. 26.4., Sat. 31.5., Sat. 14.6., Wed. 25.6., Sat. 28.6., Wed. 2.7, Wed. 9.7, Wed. 16.7, Wed. 23.7, Sat. 26.7., Wed. 30.7., Wed. 6.8., Wed. 13.8., Sat. 30.8., Sun. 31.8., Sat. 27.9., and Wed. 15.10.

Trip 4 will also run on Sat. 30.8. and Sat. 27.9.

*) Only Sat. 30/8 and Sat. 27/9. **) The bus has no connection to trains.Ticket prices for the bus (return): Adults DKK 20 Children DKK 10.Travel cards and Movia/DSB cards and tickets cannot be used for the bus.

Valby Old Depot

Trip 1 Trip 2 Trip 3 Trip 4

Dep. Museum (bus) 10:04 12:58 15:58 21:00

Arr. Borup (bus) 10:24 13:18 16:18 21:20

Arr. Borup (train)from Ringsted 10:29 13:29 16:29 21:26

Arr. Borup (train)from Copenhagen 10:24 13:24 16:24 21:43

Dep. Borup (bus) 10:35 13:35 16:35* 21:22**

Arr. Museum (bus) 10:55 13:55 16:55 21:42

The museum’s trams run through the leafy woods of Skjolde-naesholm, with their rich plant and animal life.

Bring a picnic basket and enjoy your lunch at the tables and benches along the tram line, or at the turning loop “Eilers Eg” in the heart of the woods, where you can also buy drinks, ice cream, etc. at the café tram, which is parked in the loop area on most opening days.

In rainy weather, food may also be consumed in Valby Old Depot. The Tramway Museum has preserved more than 120 old trams,

buses and trolley buses, including some foreign trams. Most of the collection is kept in the museum’s two large tram depots.

The depots contain varying exhibitions, as well as a shop and toilets. On most days, our veteran buses also take visitors on trips through the beautiful local countryside.

A journey back in time

Nature and culture

Bus between Borup station and the Tramway Museum

Evening opening Stargazing and night trams

Christmas at the Tramway Museum

On Saturday 30 August and Saturday 27 September, the Tram Museum will remain open until 10.00 pm, where – weather permitting – it will be possible to study the night sky.

The Copenhagen Astro-nomical Society will visit the

museum and show the museum guests some of the things that can be seen in the starry sky, with the help of telescopes and computers.

Østsjællandske Jernbaneklub (East Sealand Railway Club) will run a veteran train Køge-Roskilde-Borup in connection with the evening event. For more details, see: www.osjk.dk

An ideal late summer excursion. Give it a try!

Hire a tram or a veteran bus

Visits outside normal opening hours Special events

Get a tram driver,s diploma

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