Alken railway station, Denmark
Railway station in East Jutland, Denmark
| Preceding station | GoCollective | Following station | ||
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| Ry towards Skjern | Aarhus–Skjern Regional train | Skanderborg towards Aarhus Central | ||
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Alken station is a railway station serving the village of Alken in East Jutland, Denmark.[1][2]
The station is located on the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line from Skanderborg to Skjern. The train services are currently operated by the private public transport company GoCollective which run frequent regional train services between Aarhus and Herning.[4] The station opened on 2 May 1871 with the Skanderborg-Silkeborg section of the Skanderborg-Skjern railway.[3] It's small station building built to designs by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895) was torn down in 1979.[5][3]
See also
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Architecture portal
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References
Citations
- ^ a b "Alken Station" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Alken Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Alken Station (Ak)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Om GoCollective – Tog" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Stationsforkortelser" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
Bibliography
- Jensen, Niels (1978). Østjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03852-7.
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) 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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