Private company

Privatbanen Sønderjylland

Former Danish railway company

Privatbanen Sønderjylland ApS (abbreviated PBS, also known under the byname EuroRail) was a Danish railway operating company that existed between 1997 and 2001. Unlike other Danish railway companies at the time, PBS was an attempt to provide railway service on a purely commercial basis and entirely unsubsidised. Headquartered in Tønder in South Jutland, the company specialised in freight transport around most of Jutland.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1997Founded1
  • Industryrail transport1
  • HeadquartersTønder1
  • Websitewww.eurorail.dk
  • Legal formanpartsselskab1
PBS MY 1122 Tønder
Photo: Niels Karsdorp, Dh3201, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Privatbanen Sønderjylland ApS (abbreviated PBS, also known under the byname EuroRail) was a Danish railway operating company that existed between 1997 and 2001. Unlike other Danish railway companies at the time, PBS was an attempt to provide railway service on a purely commercial basis and entirely unsubsidised. Headquartered in Tønder in South Jutland, the company specialised in freight transport around most of Jutland.2

Timeline

  1. 2001Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1997Founded Founded1

Sources

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