Laven railway station

Laven
Laven
railway station
	Laven station in 2014
General information
Location	Dynæsvej; Laven; 8600 Silkeborg[1]; Denmark
Coordinates	56°7′29″N 9°43′3″E
Owned by	Banedanmark
Operated by	Arriva
Line(s)	Skanderborg-Skjern Line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Architect	N.P.C. Holsøe[2]
History
Opened	2 May 1871[3]
Services
Location
	Laven Location within Denmark

Laven station is a railway station serving the railway town of Laven in East Jutland, Denmark.[1]

The station is located on the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line from Skanderborg to Skjern. The station opened on 2 May 1871 with the Skanderborg-Silkeborg section of the Skanderborg-Skjern railway.[3] The train services are currently operated by Arriva which run frequent regional train services between Aarhus and Herning.[1]

Architecture

The station building was designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe.[2] The station building has later been torn down.[3]

"Laven Station" (in Danish). Arriva. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
Laven Station (La) on Danske Jernbaner

Jensen, Niels (1978). Østjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03852-7.

Media related to Laven Station at Wikimedia Commons

(in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
(in Danish) Arriva – British multinational public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
(in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark

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