Fredericia station (Danish: Fredericia Banegård or Fredericia Station) is a railway station serving the city of Fredericia in Jutland, Denmark.[1]
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| Location | Jernbanegade 2B 7000 Fredericia[1] Fredericia Municipality Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°34′06″N 9°44′22″E / 55.56833°N 9.73944°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 8.5 metres (28 ft)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Banedanmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | DSB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Architect | Knud Tanggaard Seest[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 May 1935[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fredericia station is an important railway junction where the Copenhagen-Fredericia Line, the Fredericia-Aarhus Line, and the Flensburg-Fredericia Line all cross each other. The station was opened in 1935 together with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge across the Little Belt.[2] The train services are operated by the railway company DSB.[1]
History
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The current station is the second in Fredericia. It replaced the first station, which had been opened in 1866 and was located by the harbour from where there had been a connection via railway ferry across the Little Belt to Strib on the island Funen. The current station was opened in 1935 together with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge across the Little Belt.[2]
Architecture
editThe second and present station building from 1935 in a functionalist style with a touch of Nordic Classicism was designed by the Danish architect Knud Tanggaard Seest who was the head architect of the Danish State Railways from 1922 to 1949.[3] The station is one of only five in Denmark with a train shed covering the tracks and platforms.[a] The old station at the harbour also had a train shed, which has been demolished.
See also
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Notes
edit- ^ The others are Copenhagen Central Station, Aarhus Central Station, Nørrebro S-train Station, and the now-closed train station in Gedser.
References
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edit- ^ a b c "Fredericia Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d Fredericia Banegård on Danske Jernbaner
- ^ a b Hegner Christiansen, Jørgen. "K.T. Seest" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
Bibliography
edit- Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
- Jensen, Niels (1978). Østjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03852-7.
- Jensen, Niels (1979). Midtjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03904-3.
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 – largest Danish train operating company
- (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark
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