Alken station is a railway station serving the village of Alken in East Jutland, Denmark.[1][2]
Alken | |||||||||||
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 Alken station in 2015 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Alkenvej 44 Alken 8680 Ry[1][2] Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°3′5″N 9°50′50″E / 56.05139°N 9.84722°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 28.9 metres (95 ft)[3] | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Banedanmark | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Skanderborg–Skjern | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | GoCollective[4] | ||||||||||
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| Architect | Niels Peder Christian Holsøe[5] | ||||||||||
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| Station code | Ak[6] | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website  | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2 May 1871[3] | ||||||||||
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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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References
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edit- ^ 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
edit- 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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