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Vrå railway station

Coordinates: 57°21′16″N 9°56′33″E / 57.35444°N 9.94250°E / 57.35444; 9.94250
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Vrå
railway station
Vrå station in 2009
General information
LocationJernbanegade 7
9760 Vrå[1][2]
Hjørring Municipality
Denmark
Coordinates57°21′16″N 9°56′33″E / 57.35444°N 9.94250°E / 57.35444; 9.94250
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
AalborgFrederikshavn Hjørring
Location
Vrå is located in Denmark
Vrå
Vrå
Location within Denmark
Map

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

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

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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

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

Operations

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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]

See also

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References

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Notes

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

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