Nykøbing Sjælland railway station (Danish: Nykøbing Sjælland Station or Nykøbing Sjælland Banegård) is the main railway station serving the town of Nykøbing Sjælland on the Odsherred peninsula in northwestern Zealand, Denmark.[1]
Nykøbing Sjælland Station Nykøbing Sjælland Banegård | |||||||||||
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 Nykøbing Sjælland station in 2011 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Jernbanevej 4 4500 Nykøbing Sjælland[1] Odsherred Municipality Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°55′19″N 11°40′26″E / 55.92194°N 11.67389°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Lokaltog[2] | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Odsherred Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Architect | Heinrich Wenck[3] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 17 May 1899[4] | ||||||||||
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Nykøbing Sjælland station is the northern terminus of the Odsherredsbanen branch line from Holbæk to Nykøbing Sjælland. The station opened in 1899 with the opening of the Odsherredsbanen railway line.[4] Its station building was built to designs by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck.[3] It offers frequent local train services to Holbæk operated by the regional railway company Lokaltog with onward connections from Holbæk to the rest of the Danish rail network.[2]
History
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The station opened on 17 May 1899 to serve as northern terminus of the new railway line from Holbæk through the Odsherred peninsula to Nykøbing Sjælland.[4]
Operations
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The train services are currently operated by the regional railway company Lokaltog which run frequent local train services from Nykøbing Sjælland station to Holbæk with onward connections from Holbæk to the rest of the Danish rail network.[2]
Architecture
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The original station building from 1899 still exists. It was built to designs by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck (1851–1936), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.[3]
See also
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References
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edit- ^ a b "Nykøbing Sj Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Om Lokaltog". lokaltog.dk (in Danish). Lokaltog A/S. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ a b c Vigand Rasmussen. "Heinrich Wenck". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Nykøbing Sjælland Station". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 January 2023.
Bibliography
edit- Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
External links
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- (in Danish) Lokaltog – Danish regional railway company operating in the Capital Region and Region Zealand
- (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark