former type anpartsselskab industry rail transport fate bankruptcy founded april 5 1997 1997 04 05 1 defunct march 27 2001 2001 03 27 1 2 headquarters t nder denmark website www.eurorail.dk wayback machine archive pbs class my 1122 photographed in t nder . privatbanen s nderjylland 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 t nder in south jutland the company specialised in freight transport around most of jutland . noted for its numerous battles with bureaucracy the company was partially successful in getting otherwise closed freight lines up and running again . motive power was obtained primarily through buying second hand diesel locomotives from dsb and a number of freight cars were leased from ns the dutch railways . after several attempts to save the company pbs was declared bankrupt in 2001 . a new company traxion was established and based on the remains of pbs but was also commercially unsuccessful . references edit a b privat banen s nderjylland pbs in danish . retrieved 2009 02 01 . allan st vring nielsen april 2001 . pbs eurorail konkurs . jernbanen in danish . dansk jernbane klub 14 . issn 0107 3702 . external links edit official website archived at the internet archive details at railorama this danish corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this european rail transport related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about transport in denmark is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title privatbanen s nderjylland & oldid 699227568 categories railway companies established in 1997railway companies disestablished in 2001defunct railway companies of denmarkdanish company stubseurope rail transport stubsdenmark transport stubshidden categories cs1 danish language sources da all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutschnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 11 january 2016 at 01 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view