Frederikshavn_station

Frederikshavn railway station

Frederikshavn railway station

Railway station in Frederikshavn, Denmark

Frederikshavn railway station (Danish: Frederikshavn Station or Frederikshavn Banegård) is a railway station serving the town of Frederikshavn in Vendsyssel, Denmark.[1][2] It is located in central Frederikshavn, situated between the town centre and the Port of Frederikshavn, and immediately adjacent to the Frederikshavn bus station.

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The station is the terminus of the Vendsyssel railway line from Aalborg to Frederikshavn as well as the Skagen railway line from Frederikshavn to Skagen. The station opened in 1871 and was moved to its current location in 1979.[5][4] It offers direct regional rail services to Aalborg as well as local train services to Skagen. The train services are currently operated by the local railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner.[3]

History

Map of Frederikshavn, c. 1900.

The first station in Frederikshavn opened on 15 August 1871 as the terminal station of the new Vendsyssel railway line from Nørresundby to Frederikshavn.[5][4] On 7 January 1879, at the opening of the Limfjord Railway Bridge which connected Nørresundby and Aalborg across the Limfjord, the line was connected with Aalborg station, the Randers–Aalborg railway line and the rest of Denmark's railway lines.[5]

The original station was designed by N.P.C. Holsøe. It was located a short distance west of the current station, in the area where Frederikshavn Town Hall is now located.[4]

The station became the southern terminus of the Skagen railway line between Frederikshavn og Skagen in 1890. In 1899 it also became the northern terminus of the Sæby railway line between Nørresundby and Frederikshavn, via Sæby, until the section between Sæby and Frederikshavn was closed in 1962.[4]

The express train Limfjorden arriving at the original Frederikshavn station in 1975.

In 1979, the station moved to its current location, and the old station was closed and demolished.[4]

In 2017, operation of the regional rail services on the Vendsyssel railway line between Aalborg and Frederikshavn were transferred from DSB to the local railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner.[6]

Facilities

Inside the station building there is a combined ticket office and convenience store operated by 7-Eleven, waiting room, toilets and lockers.[2]

Adjacent to the station is the Frederikshavn bus terminal.

Train services

The station offers direct regional rail services to Aalborg, as well as local train services to Skagen operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner.[3]

An international passenger service, Nordpilen, between Frederikshavn and Hamburg, connecting with the ferries to and from Sweden and Norway, ceased many years ago.[7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Standsningssteder på Skagensbanen" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Frederikshavn Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Stationer Aalborg—Frederikshavn" (in Danish). Nordjyllands Jernbaner. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  5. [5]
    Jensen 1976, p. 15.
  6. [6]
    "Historien bag Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  7. [7]
    Bruun-Petersen & Poulsen 2002.

Bibliography

  • Bruun-Petersen, Jens; Poulsen, John (2002). Internationale tog via Jylland (in Danish). Bane bøger. ISBN 87-88632-91-1.
  • Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
  • Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03756-3.
  • Gregersen, A.; Holtrup, Ulf; Hjermind, P. (1965). SB gennem 75 år (PDF) (in Danish). Jernbanehistorisk Selskab.
  • Mogensen, Ole Edvard (2021). Vendsysselbanen gennem 150 år (in Danish). Historisk Samfund for Vendsyssel – via Vendsyssel Årbog 2021.
  • Plum, Ole Chr. M.; Wilcke, Birger (1990). Skagensbanen (in Danish). Copenhagen: Dansk Jernbane-Klub. ISBN 8787050315.
  • Thomassen, P.; Wilcke, B. (1965). Skagensbanen, 1890 – 24. juli – 1965 (in Danish). Hellerup: Dansk Jernbane-Klub.

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