Nørre Nebel railway station
Nørre Nebel | |||||||||||
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| Terminal railway station | |||||||||||
 Platform facade of Nørre Nebel station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Bredgade 45 6830 Nørre Nebel[1] Varde Municipality Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°46′38″N 8°17′26″E / 55.77722°N 8.29056°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Vestbanen A/S | ||||||||||
| Operated by | GoCollective[1] | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Varde–Nørre Nebel Nørre Nebel–Tarm (closed 1940) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Architect | Heinrich Wenck[2] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 15 March 1903[3] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Nørre Nebel railway station is a railway station serving the small railway town of Nørre Nebel in West Jutland, Denmark.[1]
The station is the northern terminus of the Varde–Nørre Nebel railway line from Varde to Nørre Nebel via Oksbøl. The station opened in 1903.[3] The train services are currently operated by the railway company GoCollective which run frequent local train services from Nørre Nebel to Varde and Esbjerg with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.[1]
History
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The station opened on 15 March 1903 to serve as the northern terminus of the new railway line from Varde to Nørre Nebel.[3] In 1913, the railway line was extended from Nørre Nebel to Tarm on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line, but this section was closed again in 1940.[3]
Architecture
[edit]The original and still existing station building from 1903 was built to designs by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck (1851–1936), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.[2]
Operations
[edit]Train services
[edit]The train services are currently operated by the railway company GoCollective which run frequent local train services from Nørre Nebel station to Varde and Esbjerg with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.[1]
See also
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References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Nørre Nebel Station" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b Vigand Rasmussen. "Heinrich Wenck". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Nørre Nebel Station". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 20 January 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
- 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) Vestbanen A/S – the railway company which owns the Varde–Nørre Nebel railway line
- (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
