Middelfart railway station
Middelfart Station Middelfart Banegård | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Street facade of Middelfart station in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Jernbanegade 39 DK-5500 Middelfart[1] Middelfart Municipality Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°30′5″N 9°44′10″E / 55.50139°N 9.73611°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 10.4 metres (34 ft)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Banedanmark and DSB | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | DSB[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Architect | Knud Tanggaard Seest (1935)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 7 September 1865[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1935[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Middelfart railway station (Danish: Middelfart Station or Middelfart Banegård) is a railway station serving the town of Middelfart on the western part of the island of Funen, Denmark.[1] It is located in the centre of the town, on the southern edge of the historic town centre.
Middelfart station is located on the main line Copenhagen–Fredericia railway from Copenhagen to Funen and Jutland. The station offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen, Funen and Jutland, regional rail services to Fredericia and Odense operated by the national railway company DSB.[1]
The current station is the second station in Nyborg. The first station in the town opened in 1865 as the western terminus of the Funen Main Line between Nyborg and Middelfart via Odense.[4] The original station was the terminus of the Middelfart–Strib railway line, a short branch line to the harbour at Strib from where there was connection via railway ferry across the Little Belt to Fredericia in the Jutland peninsula.[5] Middelfart station was moved to its current location in 1935 with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge.[2] Its second and current station building from 1935 was designed by the architect Knud Tanggaard Seest.[3]
History
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The current station is the second station in Middelfart. The first station in the town opened in 1865 as the western terminus of the socalled Queen Louise's Railway, the main line across the island of Funen between Nyborg and Middelfart via Odense.[4] The station was inaugurated along with the railway line on Queen Louise's 48th birthday the 7 September 1865, with regular traffic commencing the following day.[6]
The following year, on 1 november 1866, a short branch line, the Middelfart–Strib railway line, opened from Middelfart station to the harbour at Strib 5 kilometers north of Middelfart, from where there was connection via railway ferry across the Little Belt to Fredericia in the Jutland peninsula.[5]
In 1935, with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge, Middelfart station was moved to its current location.[2]
Architecture
[edit]The second and current station building from 1935 was designed by the Danish architect Knud Tanggaard Seest who was the head architect of the Danish State Railways from 1922 to 1949.[3]
See also
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- Transportation in Denmark
- Rail transport in Denmark
- History of rail transport in Denmark
- List of railway stations in Denmark
- Danish State Railways
- Banedanmark
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Middelfart Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Middelfart Station (Md)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ a b c Hegner Christiansen, Jørgen. "K.T. Seest" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ a b c Jensen 1972, p. 28.
- ^ a b Jensen 1972, p. 31.
- ^ Jensen 1972, p. 28-29.
Bibliography
[edit]- Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
- Jensen, Niels (1976). Fynske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03736-9.
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) DSB – the Danish national train operating company
- (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark
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