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Railway station in North Jutland, Denmark

Vrå

railway station

Vrå station in 2009

General information

Location

Jernbanegade 7
9760 Vrå
Hjørring Municipality
Denmark

Coordinates

57°21′16″N 9°56′33″E / 57.35444°N 9.94250°E / 57.35444; 9.94250

Elevation

24.7 metres (81 ft)

Owned by

Banedanmark

Operated by

Nordjyske Jernbaner

Line(s)

Vendsyssel Line

Platforms

Tracks

Construction

Architect

N.P.C. Holsøe

History

Opened

1871

Services

Preceding station	Nordjyske Jernbaner			Following station
Brønderslevtowards Aalborg		Aalborg–Frederikshavn Regional train		Hjørringtowards Frederikshavn

Location
VråLocation within Denmark

Vrå railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Vrå in Vendsyssel, Denmark.

The station is located on the Vendsyssel Line from Aalborg to Frederikshavn, between Hjørring station and Brønderslev station. It opened in 1871. The train services are currently operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner which runs frequent regional train services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn.

History

The station opened in 1871 as the branch from Nørresundby to Frederikshavn of the new Vendsyssel Line opened on 16 August 1871. On 7 January 1879, at the opening of the Limfjord Railway Bridge, the Vendsyssel line was connected with Aalborg station, the Randers-Aalborg railway line and the rest of the Danish rail network.

Today, the station is closed but continues as a halt.

In 2017, the regional rail services on the Vendsyssel Line were transferred from the national railway company DSB to the regional railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner.

Architecture

The station building is designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe, head architect of the Danish State Railways.

Operations

The train services are operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner which runs frequent regional train services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn.

References

Notes

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^ "Standsningssteder på Skagensbanen" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Vrå Station". DSB. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
"Vrå Station (Vr)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 December 2024.
^ "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner". Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
^ Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
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"Historien bag Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

Bibliography

Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03756-3.

External links

(in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
(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