Railway ferry service - Strib

From 1866 to 1935, Strib was an important link in the railway connection between Copenhagen and Hamburg (Altona).

There were ferries between Strib and Fredericia, from 1872 railway ferries that could carry goods wagons and passengers but not cars. Railway operations developed during this period, and the Strib railway station and ferry port grew, and the Strib became an important traffic hub. Especially in the 1930s, the volume of goods and the number of passengers had reached great heights.
In 1935, the number of passengers would have reached around one million, who would have passed through Strib during that year. This was not achieved, because in 1935 the old Lillebæltsbro was inaugurated, and there was no longer any need for the railway connection between Strib and Fredericia. There is not much left from that time, but the Vejlby-Strib Local History Archive has placed some QR codes with links to videos that tell about this topic.

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