Fredericia station

Railway station in Fredericia, Denmark
55°34′06″N 9°44′22″E / 55.56833°N 9.73944°E / 55.56833; 9.73944Owned byBanedanmarkOperated byDSBLine(s)
  • Copenhagen-Fredericia Line
  • Fredericia-Aarhus Line
  • Flensburg-Fredericia Line
Platforms4Tracks7ConstructionArchitectKnud Tanggaard Seest[2]HistoryOpened14 May 1935[3]Services
Preceding station Danish State Railways DSB Following station
Odense Copenhagen-Aalborg
InterCityLyn
 Vejle
Copenhagen-Herning-Struer
InterCityLyn
 Vejle
towards Struer
Copenhagen-Sønderborg Kolding
towards Sønderborg
Middelfart Copenhagen-Aalborg Vejle
towards Aalborg
Kolding
Terminus
 Kolding–Aarhus Vejle
Terminus Fredericia–Flensburg Kolding
towards Flensburg
Middelfart
towards Odense
 Odense–Fredericia Terminus
Taulov
towards Esbjerg
 Esbjerg-Aarhus Børkop
Location
Fredericia Station is located in Denmark
Fredericia Station
Fredericia Station
Location within Denmark
Map

Fredericia station (Danish: Fredericia Banegård or Fredericia Station) is a railway station serving the city of Fredericia in Jutland, Denmark.[1]

Fredericia station is an important railway junction where the Copenhagen-Fredericia Line, the Fredericia-Aarhus Line, and the Flensburg-Fredericia Line all cross each other. The station was opened in 1935 together with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge across the Little Belt.[3] The train services are operated by the railway company DSB.[1]

History

Map of Fredericia in 1900. The old terminal station and the adjacent ferry slips can be seen at the bottom left.
The first station in Fredericia in 1900

The current station is the second in Fredericia. It replaced the first station, which had been opened in 1866 and was located by the harbour from where there had been a connection via railway ferry across the Little Belt to Strib on the island Funen. The current station was opened in 1935 together with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge across the Little Belt.[3]

Architecture

The second and present station building from 1935 in a functionalist style with a touch of Nordic Classicism was designed by the Danish architect Knud Tanggaard Seest who was the head architect of the Danish State Railways from 1922 to 1949.[2] The station is one of only five in Denmark with a train shed covering the tracks and platforms.[a] The old station at the harbour also had a train shed, which has been demolished.

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ The others are Copenhagen Central Station, Aarhus Central Station, Nørrebro S-train Station, and the now-closed train station in Gedser.

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c "Fredericia Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b Hegner Christiansen, Jørgen. "K.T. Seest" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  3. ^ a b c Fredericia Banegård on Danske Jernbaner

Bibliography

  • Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
  • Jensen, Niels (1978). Østjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03852-7.
  • Jensen, Niels (1979). Midtjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03904-3.
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