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Lilleheden

railway halt

Lilleheden halt in 2009

General information

Location

Skovvejen 28, 9850 Hirtshals
Hjørring Municipality
Denmark

Coordinates

57°35′06.80″N 9°58′34.79″E / 57.5852222°N 9.9763306°E / 57.5852222; 9.9763306

Elevation

13.1 metres (43 ft)

Owned by

Nordjyske Jernbaner

Operated by

Nordjyske Jernbaner

Line(s)

Hirtshals Line

Platforms

History

Opened

1 May 1940, 1990s

Closed

1956

Services

Preceding station	Nordjyske Jernbaner			Following station
Emmersbæktowards Hjørring		Hjørring–Hirtshals Local train		HirtshalsTerminus

Location
LillehedenLocation within Denmark

Lilleheden railway halt (Danish: Lilleheden Trinbræt) is a railway halt serving the eastern part of the town of Hirtshals in Vendsyssel, Denmark, as well as the nearby public aquarium Nordsøen Oceanarium.

The halt is located on the Hirtshals Line from Hirtshals to Hjørring. It opened in 1940, was closed again in 1956, but reopened in the 1990s. The train services are currently operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner which run frequent local train services between Hirtshals and Hjørring with onward connections from Hjørring to the rest of Denmark.

History

The halt was opened on 1 May 1940. It was closed from 1943 to 1946 as it was located in an area used by the Wehrmacht during Nazi Germany's Occupation of Denmark.

The halt was closed again in 1956, but reopened in the 1990s.

Operations

The train services are currently operated by Nordjyske Jernbaner which run frequent local train services between Hirtshals and Hjørring with onward connections from Hjørring to the rest of Denmark.

References

Notes

^ "Standsningssteder på Hirtshalsbanen" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
"Lilleheden Trinbræt (Lhe)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 29 November 2024.
^ "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
^ Jensen 1976, p. 110.
^ "Stationer Hjørring—Hirtshals" (in Danish). Nordjyllands Jernbaner. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

Bibliography

Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03756-3.
Gregersen, A. (1965). Hirtshalsbanen. 1925 - 19. december - 1965 (PDF) (in Danish). Jernbanehistorisk Selskab.
Thomassen, P. (1975). Hirtshalsbanen gennem 50 år. 1925 - 19. december - 1975 (in Danish). Bestyrelsen for Hirtshalsbanen.

External links

(in Danish) Nordjyske Jernbaner – Danish railway company operating in North Jutland Region
(in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark
(in Danish) Nordjyllands Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in North Jutland