Hirtshals railway station

Hirtshals railway station (Danish: Hirtshals Station or Hirtshals Banegård) is the main railway station serving the town of Hirtshals in Vendsyssel, Denmark.[1]

Hirtshals Station

Hirtshals Banegård
Terminal railway station
Platform facade of Hirtshals station
General information
LocationBanegårdspladsen 3
9850 Hirtshals[1]
Denmark
Coordinates57°35′30.46″N 9°57′42.15″E
Owned byNordjyske Jernbaner[2]
Operated byNordjyske Jernbaner[2]
Line(s)Hirtshals Line
Platforms1
Tracks1
History
Opened1925[3][4]
Rebuilt1939[5][6]
Services
Preceding station Nordjyske Jernbaner Following station
Lilleheden
towards Hjørring
 Hjørring–Hirtshals
Local train
 Terminus
Location
Hirtshals Station is located in Denmark
Hirtshals Station
Hirtshals Station
Location within Denmark

The station is the northern terminus of the Hirtshalsbanen railway line from Hjørring to Hirtshals. The station opened in 1925[3][4] and was moved to its current location in 1928.[5][6] The train services are currently operated by Nordjyske Jernbaner which run frequent local train services between Hirtshals and Hjørring with onward connections from Hjørring to the rest of Denmark.[2]

History
Railcar from Hjørring Privatbaner at Hirtshals station in 1975

The station opened in 1925 to serve as terminus of the new railway line from Hjørring to Hirtshals which was built during the construction of the Port of Hirtshals in the period from 1919 to 1931.[3][4] However, the original station was located some distance from the city center, and in 1928 the station was moved east to its current location closer to the port.[5][6]

Architecture
The original station building in 2011

The original station building from 1925 was built by the Danish architect Sylvius Knutzen.[7] It was designed in the grand style characteristic of the railway lines of the railway company Hjørring Privatbaner.[5] It still exists and now houses different offices and meeting facilities.

After a number of years with a temporary solution, the port's former administration building, which had been built in 1919, was rebuilt into a station building and post office, and the current station building was thus taken into use in 1939.[5][6]

Operations

Train services

The train services are currently operated by Nordjyske Jernbaner which run frequent local train services from Hirtshals station to Hjørring station with onward connections from Hjørring to the rest of Denmark.[2]

An international passenger service, Nordpilen, between Hirtshals and Hamburg, connecting with the ferries to and from Norway, ceased many years ago.[8]

See also

References

Notes
  1. "Standsningssteder på Hirtshalsbanen" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. Jensen 1976, p. 107.
  4. Gregersen 1965, p. 6.
  5. Jensen 1976, p. 110.
  6. Gregersen 1965, p. 7.
  7. "Sylvius Knutzen". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  8. Bruun-Petersen & Poulsen 2002.

Bibliography
  • Bruun-Petersen, Jens; Poulsen, John (2002). Internationale tog via Jylland (in Danish). Bane bøger. ISBN 87-88632-91-1.
  • Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
  • 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.
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