Gilleleje railway station

Gilleleje station (Danish pronunciation: [kiləˈlɑjə stæˈɕoˀn]) is the main railway station serving the fishing town and seaside resort of Gilleleje on the north coast of the island of Zealand, Denmark.[1][2]

Gilleleje
Railway station
Front facade of Gilleleje station
General information
LocationGilleleje Stationsvej 10
3250 Gilleleje[1][2]
Denmark
Coordinates56°07′25″N 12°18′11″E
Elevation8.5 metres (28 ft)
Owned byHovedstadens Lokalbaner
Operated byLokaltog[3]
Line(s)Hornbæk Line
Gribskov Line
Platforms2
Tracks3
Construction
ArchitectHeinrich Wenck[4]
History
Opened14 May 1896[5]
Rebuilt16 January 1918[5]
Services
Preceding station Lokaltog Following station
Gilleleje East
towards Helsingør
 Hornbæk Line
Local train
 Terminus
Fjellenstrup
towards Hillerød
 Gribskov Line
Gilleleje branch
Location
Gilleleje is located in Denmark
Gilleleje
Gilleleje
Location within Denmark

The station is the terminus of the Hornbæk Line from Helsingør to Gilleleje and of the Gilleleje branch of the Gribskov Line from Hillerød to Gilleje. The train services are currently operated by the railway company Lokaltog which runs frequent local train services from Gilleleje to Helsingør station and Hillerød station with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.[3]

The station opened in 1896, and its second and current station building designed by the architect Heinrich Wenck was inaugurated in 1918.[5][4]

History
Railbus from the Hornbæk Line at Gilleleje station in July 1973.

The station opened in 1896 with the opening of the Græsted-Gilleleje section of the Gribskov railway line and served as the northern terminus of the branch line from Hillerød to Gilleleje.[5]

In 1916, Gilleleje was also connected with Elsinore as the Hornbæk-Gilleleje section of the Hornbæk railway line was opened.[5] However, from the opening in 1916, the railway halt Østerport served as the terminus of the Hornbæk Railway Line in Gilleleje, 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.[5][6] In connection with this, the station was moved a short distance to the west, and a new and larger station building was constructed. The original station building initially remained standing but was demolished in 1961.[5]

Until 1959 an industrial track connected Gilleleje station with Gilleleje harbour.

Architecture
Platform facade of the station building in 2015.

Gilleleje station's second and current station building from 1918 was designed by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck, known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways from 1894 to 1921.[4]

Facilities

The station building contains ticket sales, a waiting room and toilets.[1]

Operations
LINT 41 railcar to Hillerød calling at Gilleleje station in September 2013.

Since 2015, the train services from the station are operated by the regional railway company Lokaltog A/S which operates in the Capital Region and Region Zealand.[3]

Lokaltog runs frequent local train services from Gilleleje station to Helsingør station and Hillerød station with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.[3] There is continuous operation, such that the trains from one railway line continue along the other and vice versa.

See also

References

Citations
  1. "Lokaltogs salgssteder" (in Danish). Lokaltog A/S. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  2. "Gilleleje Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  3. "Om Lokaltog". lokaltog.dk (in Danish). Lokaltog A/S. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  4. Vigand Rasmussen. "Heinrich Wenck". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  5. "Gilleleje Station". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  6. "Helsingør-Hornbæk-Gilleleje Banen (Hornbækbanen)" (in Danish). Jernbanen.dk. Retrieved 15 October 2014.

Bibliography
  • Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
  • Jensen, Niels (1975). Nordsjællandske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03671-0.
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