Commuters now have three months with train buses: 'Very frustrating'

For the next three months, travel from areas north of Aarhus to the south with DSB may pose a challenge.

This weekend, extensive renovation work has been taken on around Aarhus Hovedbanegård.

Read also: From evening, the station in Aarhus closes: Affects 20,000 passengers a day ( https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/fra-i-aften-lukker-banegaarden-i-aarhus-paavirker-20-000-passagerer-om-dagen )

This means that all train traffic to and from Aarhus Hovedbanegård is suspended until January 27th.

This, in turn, puts extra pressure on daily life.

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> It makes things more difficult. But there's not much that can be done.

> Amanda Winther Rasmussen, commuter between Aalborg and Aarhus

However, while those traveling from Aarhus and south can make do with gener for just 11 days – the situation is different for those coming from the northern part of the country.

Train traffic north of Aarhus station is closed for three months until April 19th.

In this time, commuters will have to adjust to traveling with train buses.

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'It's very frustrating. But there's not much to do'

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The prospect of three months with train buses is not exactly something that excites Martin Winther Christensen, who daily commutes between Aalborg and Aarhus, where he lives.

- I can't plan anything for three months because I don't know when I can be home. It's tiring, he says.

Martin Winther Christensen works as a software developer in Aalborg and has been accustomed to commuting with trains for the past 14 years. Therefore, he also has some experience with traveling with train buses.

- And there is significantly less space in a train bus than there is in a train. So if I miss my bus, I might also miss my train. And I won't know when I'll arrive, so I can't really plan the rest of the day, he says.

Amanda Winther Rasmussen usually spends four hours a day commuting back and forth between Aalborg and Aarhus. (Photo: © Peter Langkilde - DR Nyheder)

Amanda Winther Rasmussen usually spends four hours a day commuting back and forth between Aalborg and Aarhus. But in the coming months, she will have to spend an extra hour commuting.

- It's very frustrating. But there's not much to do, she says.

- It just means that there's extra pressure in daily life and not the same energy and surplus that one usually has.

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Kombardo Expressen ramps up buses

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While work on making the railway near Aarhus ready for electric trains continues, Kombardo Expressen is ramping up the number of their buses running from Aalborg to Copenhagen.

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> When it's over, we can speed up the trains and minimize travel time.

> Tony Bispeskov, Information Chief, DSB

- Every time there are disruptions in train traffic, we can see an increased number of passengers in our buses, says Jesper Maack, press chief at Kombardo Expressen.

According to him, it is often on weekends that many from North Jutland take longer trips to Copenhagen.

The prospect of troublesome train buses may cause people to opt for Kombardo Expressen instead. So far, three extra buses have been added this weekend.

- And we are ready to add even more if necessary, says Jesper Maack.

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'It will be shitty before it can be good'

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The extent of travel with train buses is expected to vary in the next three months, according to DSB's information chief Tony Bispeskov.

If traveling between Aalborg and Aarhus, one should prepare to travel with a train bus from Randers.

If traveling further south, DSB has provided the option to take a bus from Randers and directly to Skanderborg to minimize travel time.

Here is the route of the train buses.

- While the work is ongoing, it can give more chaos and make the journey take a little longer, he says.

- But when it's over, we can speed up the trains and minimize travel time. So it will be shitty before it can be good.

From Friday evening January 16th until and including Sunday April 19th, GoCollective's train buses will run between Aarhus and Hinnerup.

From Wednesday January 28th until and including Sunday April 19th, DSB train buses will run between Aarhus H, Langå and Randers.

In the coming time, more train buses will also be added on routes south of Aarhus. You can read more about it here ( https://www.bane.dk/da/Presse/Pressemeddelelser/Banedanmark-og-togselskaber-er-klar-til-11-dage-uden-togdrift-i-Aarhus ).

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