Hornslet station

Hornslet station is a railway station serving the railway town of Hornslet on the peninsula of Djursland in Jutland, Denmark. The station opened in 1877 with the opening of the Aarhus-Ryomgård section of the Grenaa Line. The train services are currently operated by the railway company DSB which runs frequent local train services between Aarhus and Grenaa as part of the Aarhus Commuter Rail service.

Hornslet station
Hornslet station in 2012
LocationBanevej 3
8543 Hornslet
Denmark
Coordinates56°19′14″N 10°18′49″E
Owned byBanedanmark
Operated byDSB
Line(s)Grenaa Line
Platforms2
Tracks2
History
Opened1 December 1877
Services
Preceding station   Danske Statsbaner   Following station
toward Odder
Aarhus Commuter Rail
Commuter train
toward Grenaa
Location
Hornslet station
Location within Denmark

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.

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