Guldager railway station
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| Location | Guldager Stationsvej 101 6710 Esbjerg V[1][2] Esbjerg Municipality Denmark | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°32′9.8″N 8°26′25.31″E / 55.536056°N 8.4403639°E | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 20.6 metres (68 ft)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Banedanmark | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | GoCollective[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Esbjerg-Struer railway line | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Architect | Niels Peder Christian Holsøe[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 3 October 1874[3] | ||||||||||||||
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Guldager station is a railway station serving the railway town of Guldager Stationsby in West Jutland, Denmark.[1][2]
Guldager station is located on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line from Esbjerg to Struer. The station opened in 1874.[3] It offers regional rail services to Esbjerg, Varde, Skjern, and Aarhus, as well as local train services to Oksbøl and Nørre Nebel, all operated by the private public transport company GoCollective.[4]
History
[edit]The station opened on 3 October 1874 as the section from Esbjerg to Varde of the new Esbjerg–Struer railway line opened.[3]
Architecture
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Like the other stations on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line, the still existing station building from 1874 was built to designs by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.[5]
Services
[edit]The station offers direct regional rail services to Esbjerg, Varde, Skjern, Herning and Aarhus, as well as local train services to Oksbøl and Nørre Nebel, all operated by the private public transport company GoCollective.[4]
See also
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References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b "Guldager Station" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Guldager Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Guldager Station (Gu)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "Om GoCollective – Tog" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
Bibliography
[edit]- Jensen, Niels (1977). Vestjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03821-7.
External links
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- (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
- (in Danish) GoCollective – private 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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