Vrå railway station

Vrå railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Vrå in Vendsyssel, Denmark.[1][2]

Vrå
railway station
Vrå station in 2009
General information
LocationJernbanegade 7
DK-9760 Vrå[1][2]
Denmark
Coordinates57°21′16″N 9°56′33″E
Owned byBanedanmark
Operated byNordjyske Jernbaner[3]
Line(s)Vendsyssel Line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
ArchitectN.P.C. Holsøe[4]
History
Opened1871[5]
Services
Preceding station Nordjyske Jernbaner Following station
Brønderslev
towards Aalborg
 Aalborg–Frederikshavn
Regional train
 Hjørring
towards Frederikshavn
Location
Vrå is located in Denmark
Vrå
Vrå
Location within Denmark

The station is located on the Vendsyssel Line from Aalborg to Frederikshavn, between Hjørring station and Brønderslev station. It opened in 1871.[5] The train services are currently operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner which runs frequent regional train services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn.[3]

History
Vrå station by night in 2009

The station opened in 1871 as the branch from Nørresundby to Frederikshavn of the new Vendsyssel Line opened on 16 August 1871.[5] On 7 January 1879, at the opening of the Limfjord Railway Bridge, the Vendsyssel line was connected with Aalborg station, the Randers-Aalborg railway line and the rest of the Danish rail network.[6]

Today, the station is closed but continues as a halt.

In 2017, the regional rail services on the Vendsyssel Line were transferred from the national railway company DSB to the regional railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner.[7]

Architecture

The station building is designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe, head architect of the Danish State Railways.[4]

Operations
DSB train calling at Vrå in 2018

The train services are operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner which runs frequent regional train services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn.[3]

References

Notes
  1. "Standsningssteder på Skagensbanen" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. "Vrå Station". DSB. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner". Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  5. Jensen 1976, p. 15.
  6. Jensen 1976, p. 20.
  7. "Historien bag Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

Bibliography
  • Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03756-3.
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