Vrå railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Vrå in Vendsyssel, Denmark.[1][2]
Vrå | |||||||||||
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 Vrå station in 2009 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Jernbanegade 7 9760 Vrå[1][2] Hjørring Municipality Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°21′16″N 9°56′33″E / 57.35444°N 9.94250°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Banedanmark | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Nordjyske Jernbaner[3] | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Vendsyssel Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Architect | N.P.C. Holsøe[4] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1871[5] | ||||||||||
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The station is located on the Vendsyssel Line from Aalborg to Frederikshavn, between Hjørring station and Brønderslev station. It opened in 1871.[5] The train services are currently operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner which runs frequent regional train services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn.[3]
History
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The station opened in 1871 as the branch from Nørresundby to Frederikshavn of the new Vendsyssel Line opened on 16 August 1871.[5] On 7 January 1879, at the opening of the Limfjord Railway Bridge, the Vendsyssel line was connected with Aalborg station, the Randers-Aalborg railway line and the rest of the Danish rail network.[6]
Today, the station is closed but continues as a halt.
In 2017, the regional rail services on the Vendsyssel Line were transferred from the national railway company DSB to the regional railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner.[7]
Architecture
editThe station building is designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe, head architect of the Danish State Railways.[4]
Operations
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The train services are operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner which runs frequent regional train services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn.[3]
See also
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References
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editThis article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2022) |
- ^ a b "Standsningssteder på Skagensbanen" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Vrå Station". DSB. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner". Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ a b Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c Jensen 1976, p. 15.
- ^ Jensen 1976, p. 20.
- ^ "Historien bag Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
Bibliography
edit- Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03756-3.
External links
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- (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
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