Frederikshavn railway station

Location
	Frederikshavn Station Location within Denmark

Frederikshavn Station

Frederikshavn Banegård
Frederikshavn Station; Frederikshavn Banegård
terminal railway station
	Frederikshavn station in 2018
General information
Location	Havnepladsen 30; 9990 Frederikshavn; Frederikshavn Municipality; Denmark
Coordinates	57°26′29.35″N 10°32′25.50″E / 57.4414861°N 10.5404167°E
Elevation	3.8 metres (12 ft)
Owned by	Banedanmark
Operated by	Nordjyske Jernbaner
Line(s)	Vendsyssel Line; Skagen Line; Sæby Line (closed 1962);
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
History
Opened	15 August 1871
Rebuilt	1979
Services
Location
Location
	Frederikshavn Station Location within 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.

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.^[6]^[5] 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.^[4]

History

The opening train arrives to Frederikshavn Station at the opening of the Vendsyssel Line on 15 August 1871.

The current railway station is the second station in Frederikshavn. The first station opened in 1871 as the terminal station of the new Vendsyssel railway line from Nørresundby to Frederikshavn. The station was ceremonially opened by King Christian IX amid great festivities on 15 August 1871 along with the railway line.^[6]^[5] 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.^[6]

Map of Frederikshavn, c. 1900.

The original station was designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.^[7] It was located a short distance west of the current station, in the area where Frederikshavn Town Hall is now located.^[5]

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.^[5]

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.^[5]

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.^[8]

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 railway station is the Frederikshavn bus station.

Train services

Trains at Frederikshavn station in 2019.

The station offers direct regional rail services to Aalborg, with onward connections from Aalborg to the rest of Denmark, as well as local train services to Skagen, both operated by the regional railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner which operates in the North Jutland Region.^[4]

Overnight train to Copenhagen departing at 21:16 on 20 June 1986.

An international passenger service, Nordpilen, between Frederikshavn and Hamburg, connecting with the ferries to and from Sweden and Norway, ceased many years ago.^[9] Until the opening of the Great Belt Bridge in 1997, DSB also operated a night train service with sleeping cars from Frederikshavn to Copenhagen.^[10]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b "Standsningssteder på Skagensbanen" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Frederikshavn Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
^ "Frederikshavn Station (Fh)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Stationer Aalborg—Frederikshavn" (in Danish). Nordjyllands Jernbaner. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Jensen 1976, p. 15.
^ Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^ "Historien bag Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ Bruun-Petersen & Poulsen 2002.
^ Bach Svith, Jakob (27 May 2021). "Nattog i Danmark er på vej tilbage: Sådan så en sovevogn ud i 1997". dr.dk (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

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.

External links

(in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
(in Danish) Nordjyske Jernbaner – Danish railway company operating in North Jutland Region
(in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark
(in Danish) Nordjyllands Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in North Jutland

[NJStandsningssteder-1] "Standsningssteder på Skagensbanen" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[DSBFrederikshavnStation-2] "Frederikshavn Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 17 October 2020.

[DanskeJernbaner-3] "Frederikshavn Station (Fh)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.

[OmNJ-4] "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

[NordjyllandsJernbaner-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Stationer Aalborg—Frederikshavn" (in Danish). Nordjyllands Jernbaner. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[FOOTNOTEJensen197615-6] Jensen 1976, p. 15.

[Weilbach-7] Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

[HistorienbagNJ-8] "Historien bag Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[FOOTNOTEBruun-PetersenPoulsen2002-9] Bruun-Petersen & Poulsen 2002.

[10] Bach Svith, Jakob (27 May 2021). "Nattog i Danmark er på vej tilbage: Sådan så en sovevogn ud i 1997". dr.dk (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

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