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Railway station in East Jutland, Denmark
Mørke
railway station
Mørke station in 2010
General information
LocationStationsvej 3
8544 Mørke
Syddjurs Municipality
Denmark
Coordinates56°20′22″N 10°22′35″E / 56.33944°N 10.37639°E / 56.33944; 10.37639
Elevation33.0 metres (108.3 ft)
Owned byBanedanmark
Operated byAarhus Letbane
Line(s)Grenaa Line
Platforms1
Tracks1
Construction
ArchitectNiels Peder Christian Holsøe
History
Opened1 December 1877
Services
Preceding station Aarhus Letbane Following station
Hornslettowards Odder or Mårslet Line 1 Thorsagertowards Grenaa or Hornslet
Location
Mørke is located in DenmarkMørkeMørkeLocation within Denmark

Mørke station is a railway station serving the railway town of Mørke on the peninsula of Djursland in Jutland, Denmark.

The station is located on the Grenaa railway line between Aarhus and Grenaa. It opened in 1877 with the opening of the Aarhus-Ryomgård section of the railway line. Since 2019, the station has been served by the Aarhus light rail system, a tram-train network combining tram lines in the city of Aarhus with operation on railway lines in the surrounding countryside.

History

The station opened on 1 December 1877 as the railway company Østjyske Jernbane (ØJJ) opened a branch line From Aarhus to Ryomgård on the Randers-Ryomgaard-Grenaa Line from Randers to Grenaa. Just a few years later the trains starting running directly between Grenaa and Aarhus, with the Ryomgård-Randers section being reduced to a branch line used mostly for rail freight transport until it was closed altogether on 2 May 1971.

From 2016 to 2019, the station was temporarily closed along with the Grenaa railway line while it was being reconstructed and electrified to form part of the Aarhus light rail system, a tram-train network combining tram lines in the city of Aarhus with operation on railway lines in the surrounding countryside. Since 2019, the station has been served by Line L1 of the Aarhus light rail network, operated by the multinational transportation company Keolis.

Architecture

The station building from 1877 was designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.

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References

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Citations

  1. ^ "Letbanen - Morke" (in Danish). Midttrafik. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Mørke Station" (in Danish). danskejernbaner.dk. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Om Letbanen – Aarhus Letbane" (in Danish). Aarhus Letbane. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ^ Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. "Tusindvis af mennesker fejrede Letbanen" (in Danish). Aarhus Letbane. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

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