Hjørring railway station
Hjørring Station Hjørring Banegård | ||||||||||||||||
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 Hjørring station in 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Banegårdspladsen 6 DK-9800 Hjørring[1][2] Denmark | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°27′23″N 9°59′08″E / 57.45639°N 9.98556°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Banedanmark | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Nordjyske Jernbaner[3] | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Vendsyssel Line Hirtshals Line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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| Architect | Thomas Arboe | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1871[4] | |||||||||||||||
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  Hjørring Station Location within Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
Hjørring railway station (Danish: Hjørring Banegård) is the main railway station serving the town of Hjørring in Vendsyssel, Denmark.[1][2]
Hjørring station is located on the Vendsyssel Line from Aalborg to Frederikshavn and is the terminus of the Hirtshalsbanen railway line from Hjørring to Hirtshals. The station opened in 1871.[4] It offers direct regional rail services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn, as well as local train services to Hirtshals, both operated by Nordjyske Jernbaner.[3]
History[edit]
The station opened in 1871 as the branch from Nørresundby to Frederikshavn of the new Nørresundby-Frederikshavn railway line opened on 16 August 1871.[4] The station building was designed by the architect Thomas Arboe.
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.[5]
In 1942, the station became the terminal station of the Hjørring-Løkken-Aabybro Line, the Hjørring-Hørby Line and the Hjørring-Hirtshals Line, as the trains from Hjørring Privatbaner were moved from Hjørring West station to the mainline station. The Hjørring-Hørby Line was closed in 1953 and the Hjørring-Løkken-Aabybro Line in 1963, so that today only the Hirtshals Line remains as the only branch line from Hjørring Station.
Facilities[edit]
Inside the station building there is a combined ticket office and convenience store operated by 7-Eleven, waiting room, toilets and lockers.
Adjacent to the station is the Hjørring bus terminal.
Services[edit]
The station offers direct regional rail services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn, as well as local train services to Hirtshals, both operated by Nordjyske Jernbaner.[3]
Cultural references[edit]
Hjørring station is used as a location in the 1976 Bodil Award-winning Danish film Den korte sommer.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ a b "Standsningssteder på Skagensbanen" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Hjørring Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ a b c Jensen 1976, p. 15.
- ^ Jensen 1976, p. 20.
- ^ "Hjørring Station". danskefilm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
Bibliography[edit]
- Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03756-3.
- Gregersen, A. (1965). Hirtshalsbanen. 1925 - 19. december - 1965 (PDF) (in Danish). Jernbanehistorisk Selskab.
- Thomassen, P. (1975). Hirtshalsbanen gennem 50 år. 1925 - 19. december - 1975 (in Danish). Bestyrelsen for Hirtshalsbanen.
External links[edit]
- (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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