Gilleleje East railway halt

Gilleleje East (Danish: Gilleleje Øst; previously: Østerport) is a railway halt serving the eastern part of the fishing town and seaside resort of Gilleleje on the north coast of the island of Zealand, Denmark.

Gilleleje East

Gilleleje Øst
Railway halt
General information
LocationRostgårdsvej
3250 Gilleleje
Denmark
Coordinates56°07′22.42″N 12°18′31.66″E
Owned byHovedstadens Lokalbaner
Operated byLokaltog[1]
Line(s)Hornbæk Line
Platforms1
Tracks1
History
Opened11 June 1916[2]
Services
Preceding station Lokaltog Following station
Stæremosen
towards Helsingør
 Hornbæk Line
Local train
 Gilleleje
Terminus
Location
Gilleleje East is located in Denmark
Gilleleje East
Gilleleje East
Location within Denmark

The railway is located on the Hornbæk Line from Helsingør to Gilleleje and opened in 1916.[2] The train services are currently operated by the railway company Lokaltog which runs frequent local train services between Helsingør station and Gilleleje station.[1]

History

The halt opened in 1916 as the Helsingør-Hornbæk railway line from Helsingør along the coast of the Øresund to Hornbæk was continued from Hornbæk station onwards along the coast to Gilleleje.[2] From the opening in 1916 it served as the terminus of the Helsingør-Hornbæk Railway Line, as it was not possible to reach an agreement with the Gribskov Line about a joint station in Gilleleje. On 16 January 1918, however, the new Gilleleje station serving both railway lines was inaugurated.[3]

The halt was originally called Østerport. The name was changed in 1995 to avoid confusion with Østerport station in Copenhagen.

Operations

Since 2015, the train services from the railway halt are operated by the regional railway company Lokaltog A/S which operates in the Capital Region and Region Zealand.[1]

Lokaltog runs frequent local train services from Gilleleje East railway halt to Gilleleje station and Helsingør station with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.[1]

See also

References

Citations
  1. "Om Lokaltog". lokaltog.dk (in Danish). Lokaltog A/S. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. "Gilleleje Øst Trinbræt". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  3. "Helsingør-Hornbæk-Gilleleje Banen (Hornbækbanen)" (in Danish). Jernbanen.dk. Retrieved 15 October 2014.

Bibliography
  • Jensen, Niels (1975). Nordsjællandske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03671-0.
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