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Nørresundby Station Nørresundby Banegård
railway junction
Nørresundby station in 2010
General information
Location	Denmark
Coordinates	57°03′53″N 9°54′31″E / 57.0647°N 9.9086°E / 57.0647; 9.9086
Line(s)	Vendsyssel Line Fjerritslev–Frederikshavn
Construction
Architect	Heinrich Wenck (1907)
History
Opened	1871
Closed	1972
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Nørresundby railway station is a former railway station serving the town of Nørresundby in North Jutland, Denmark. It was located on the Vendsyssel Line between Aalborg and Frederikshavn via Hjørring, and until 1968 on the Fjerritslev–Frederikshavn railway line.

The station's still existing station building from 1907 was built to designs by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck.

History

The station opened in 1871 as the section from Nørresundby to Frederikshavn of the new Vendsyssel Line opened on 16 August 1871. Passengers crossing the Limfjord, a shallow sound separating the North Jutlandic Island from the rest of the Jutland Peninsula, between Nørresundby station and Aalborg station had two opportunities: a ferry or crossing the pontoon bridge located further east on foot. On 7 January 1879, at the opening of the Limfjord Railway Bridge, Nørresundby station was connected with Aalborg station, the Randers-Aalborg railway line and the rest of the Danish rail network.

In 1972, several stations on the Vendsyssel Line (including Nørresundby, Sulsted and Tylstrup) were closed. In 2003, however, a new station called Lindholm (about 300 metres (980 ft) north of the old station) was opened as part of the Aalborg Commuter Rail service.

Architecture

Nørresundby station's still-existing station building was built in 1907 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.

See also

• List of railway stations in Denmark
• Rail transport in Denmark
• History of rail transport in Denmark

References

Citations

1. ^ Vigand Rasmussen. "Heinrich Wenck". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
2. Jensen 1976, p. 15.
3. ^ Jensen 1976, p. 16.
4. Jensen 1976, p. 20.
5. "Aalborg Nærbane" (in Danish). Nordjyllands Jernbaner. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

Bibliography

• Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
• Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03756-3.
• Mogensen, Ole Edvard (2021). Vendsysselbanen gennem 150 år (in Danish). Historisk Samfund for Vendsyssel. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

External links

Media related to Nørresundby Station at Wikimedia Commons

• (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

• Nørresundby
• Railway stations in Aalborg
• Railway stations in Denmark opened in 1871
• Railway stations closed in 1972
• Heinrich Wenck railway stations