Vejen railway station
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 Vejen station in 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Banegårdspladsen 1 6600 Vejen[1] Vejen Municipality Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°28′33″N 9°8′9″E / 55.47583°N 9.13583°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 42.0 metres (137.8 ft)[2] | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Banedanmark | ||||||||||
| Operated by | DSB | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Architect | Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1874)[3] Heinrich Wenck (1917)[4] | ||||||||||
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| Station code | Vn[5] | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website  | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 3 October 1874[2] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 25 August 1917[2] | ||||||||||
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Vejen railway station is a railway station serving the large railway town of Vejen between the cities of Kolding and Esbjerg in Jutland, Denmark.[1]
Vejen railway station is located on the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line from Lunderskov to Esbjerg. The station opened in 1874, and its current station building was built to designs by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck in 1917.[2] It offers direct InterCity services to Esbjerg and Copenhagen and regional rail services to Esbjerg, Fredericia and Aarhus, both operated by the national railway company DSB.[1]
History
[edit]Vejen railway station opened on 3 October 1874 as one of the original intermediate stations on the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line.[2] After the opening of the railway line, a railway town developed around the station.
In 1917, the station became a railway junction as the Troldhede-Kolding-Vejen Railway opened the railway line from Kolding to Troldhede with a short branch line from Gesten to Vejen which was opened on 25 August 1917.[2] The Gesten–Vejen branch line was closed on 1 April 1951.[2]
Architecture
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The original station building from 1874 was designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895), head architect of the Danish State Railways.[3] Its current and still existing station building from 1917 was built to designs by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck, known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.[4]
Services
[edit]Vejen station offers direct InterCity services to Esbjerg and Copenhagen and regional rail services to Esbjerg, Fredericia and Aarhus, both operated by the national railway company DSB.[1]
Gallery
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See also
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References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Vejen Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Vejen Station (Vn)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ a b Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ a b Vigand Rasmussen. "Heinrich Wenck". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "Stationsforkortelser" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 30 November 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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- Official website
- (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
- (in Danish) DSB – national Danish train operating company
- (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark
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