Fredericia station

Fredericia station (Danish: Fredericia Banegård or Fredericia Station) is a railway station serving the city of Fredericia in Jutland, Denmark.[1]

Fredericia Station

Fredericia Banegård
railway junction
Fredericia Station in 2013
General information
LocationJernbanegade 2B
7000 Fredericia[1]
Denmark
Coordinates55°34′06″N 9°44′22″E
Owned byBanedanmark
Operated byDSB
Line(s)
Platforms4
Tracks7
Construction
ArchitectKnud Tanggaard Seest[2]
History
Opened14 May 1935[3]
Services
Preceding station DSB Following station
Odense Copenhagen-Aalborg Vejle
Copenhagen-Herning-Struer Vejle
towards Struer
Copenhagen-Sønderborg Kolding
towards Sønderborg
Middelfart Copenhagen-Aalborg Vejle
towards Aalborg
Kolding
towards Hamburg Hbf
HamburgAarhus Vejle
Middelfart
towards Odense
OdenseFredericia Terminus
Terminus Fredericia-Aarhus Børkop
Location
Fredericia Station is located in Denmark
Fredericia Station
Fredericia Station
Location within Denmark

Fredericia station is an important railway junction where the Copenhagen-Fredericia Line, the Fredericia-Aarhus Line, and the Flensburg-Fredericia Line all cross each other. The station was opened in 1935 together with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge across the Little Belt.[3] The train services are operated by the railway company DSB.[1]

History

Map of Fredericia in 1900. The old terminal station and the adjacent ferry slips can be seen at the bottom left.
The first station in Fredericia in 1900

The current station is the second in Fredericia. It replaced the first station, which was located by the harbour from where there had been a connection via railway ferry across the Little Belt to Strib on the island Funen. The current station was opened in 1935 together with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge across the Little Belt.[3]

Architecture

The second and present station building from 1935 in a functionalist style with a touch of Nordic Classicism was designed by the Danish architect Knud Tanggaard Seest who was the head architect of the Danish State Railways from 1922 to 1949.[2] The station is one of only five in Denmark with a train shed covering the tracks and platforms.[lower-alpha 1] The old station at the harbour also had a train shed, which has been demolished.

See also

Notes

  1. The others are Copenhagen Central Station, Aarhus Central Station, Nørrebro S-train Station, and the now-closed train station in Gedser.

References

Citations

  1. "Fredericia Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. Hegner Christiansen, Jørgen. "K.T. Seest" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  3. Fredericia Banegård on Danske Jernbaner

Bibliography

  • Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
  • Jensen, Niels (1978). Østjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03852-7.
  • Jensen, Niels (1979). Midtjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03904-3.


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