Nakskov railway station (Danish: Nakskov Station or Nakskov Banegård) is a railway station serving the town of Nakskov on the island of Lolland, Denmark.[1]
Nakskov Station Nakskov Banegård | |||||||||||
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 Nakskov station in 2011 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Nørrevold 29 4900 Nakskov[1] Lolland Municipality Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°50′0″N 11°8′19″E / 54.83333°N 11.13861°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Lokaltog[2] | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Lokaltog[2] | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lolland Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 July 1874[3] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1925[4] | ||||||||||
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The station is the western terminus of the Lollandsbanen railway line from Nykøbing Falster to Nakskov. The station opened in 1874 and its current station building was built in 1925.[3] The train services are currently operated by the railway company Lokaltog which run frequent local train services between Nakskov and Nykøbing Falster with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.[2]
History
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The station opened on 1 July 1874 to serve as the terminus of the new Lollandsbanen railway line across the island of Lolland from Nykøbing Falster to Nakskov via Maribo.[3] The following year, the first railway bridge across the Guldborgsund strait was inaugurated, and the Lolland Line was connected to the Falster Railway at the railway station in Nykøbing Falster.[5]
Nakskov station was also the terminus of the Nakskov–Kragenæs railway line from 1915 to 1967,[6] and of the Nakskov–Rødby railway line from 1926 to 1953.[7]
Until 2008, an industrial track connected Nakskov station with the Port of Nakskov.
Architecture
editThe second and still existing station building from 1925 was built to designs by the Danish architect Adolph Einar Hansen Ørnsholt.[4]
Operations
editTrain services
editThe train services are currently operated by the regional railway company Lokaltog which run frequent local train services from Nakskov station to Nykøbing Falster station with onward connections from Nykøbing Falster to the rest of Denmark.[2]
See also
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References
editNotes
edit- ^ a b "Nakskov Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Om Lokaltog". lokaltog.dk (in Danish). Lokaltog A/S. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ a b c Jensen 1972, p. 46.
- ^ a b "Nakskov Station". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ Jensen 1972, p. 48.
- ^ Jensen 1972, p. 178.
- ^ Jensen 1972, p. 213-214.
Bibliography
edit- Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
- Jensen, Niels (1977). Jernbaner på Lolland-Falster og Bornholm (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03777-6.
External links
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- (in Danish) Lokaltog – Danish railway company operating in Region Zealand and the Capital Region of Denmark
- (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark