C (S-train)


C is a service on the S-train network in Copenhagen. It serves the Klampenborg radial and the inner part of the Frederikssund radial, and also reinforces service on the outer part of the Frederikssund radial in high-traffic period.
Service C is one of the base services on the network, running between Ballerup and Klampenborg every 20 minutes from about 5:00 to 1:00 every day. Between about 6:00 to 19:00 on Monday to Saturday it runs every 10 minutes, and in this period half of the trains continue from Ballerup to Frederikssund. On Friday and Saturday nights there is also a 30 minutes service throughout the night.

History

The C service was created in 1950 when the service between Ballerup and Holte was split into two in order to make the timetable correspond better in Vanløse. Ever since then C has been primarily a Ballerup service.
NameSouthern endYearsNorthern end
CFrederikssundbanen:
all stops to Ballerup
1950–1955Nordbanen:
all stops to Holte in rush hours
CFrederikssundbanen:
all stops to Ballerup
1955–1963as above except non-stop Hellerup-Lyngby
CFrederikssundbanen:
all stops to Ballerup
1963–1964as above, but ran daytime Mo-Sa
CFrederikssundbanen:
all stops to Ballerup
1964–1972as above, but ran all day Mo-Sa
Cto Ballerup, non-stop Vanløse-Herlev1972–1973as above, but ran all day Mo-Sa
Cdaytime Mo-Fr as above, otherwise all stops to Vanløse1973–1979as above, but only daytime Mo-Fr
Ccto Ballerup daytime Mo-Fr, non-stop Valby-Vanløse-Herlev1979–1989as above, but only daytime Mo-Fr
CFrederikssundbanen:
all stops to Ballerup
1979–1989Klampenborgbanen:
all stops to Klampenborg
CFrederikssundbanen:
all stops to Ballerup
1989–2007Klampenborgbanen:
all stops to Klampenborg
Call stops to Ballerup; some daytime trains to FrederikssundSep 2007-Klampenborgbanen:
all stops to Klampenborg

Note that from 1979 to 1989 both Cc and C services ran.
Until 1979, in the time C ran to Ballerup but not to Holte it ordinarily terminated in Hellerup. These trains were routinely extended to Klampenborg on Sundays where the weather was good enough to attract more passengers than the ordinary service could transport.
Between 1972 and 1979 the stopping Ballerup service was called H.
The rush-hour service Cx ran from 1966 to 1993: