Skagen station

Skagen railway station (Danish: Skagen Banegård) is the main railway station serving the town of Skagen in Vendsyssel, Denmark.

Skagen station Skagen Banegård
Terminal station
Front facade of Skagen station
Location	Sankt Laurentii Vej 22 9990 Skagen Denmark
Coordinates	57°43′27″N 10°35′31″E
Owned by	Nordjyske Jernbaner[1]
Operated by	Nordjyske Jernbaner[1]
Line(s)	Skagensbanen
Platforms	2[2]
Tracks	3[2]
Construction
Architect	Ulrik Plesner
Architectural style	Neoclassical
History
Opened	1890
Rebuilt	1919
Services
Preceding station   Nordjyske Jernbaner   Following station Frederikshavnsvej toward Frederikshavn Frederikshavn–Skagen Local train Terminus
Location
Skagen station Location within Denmark

The station is the northern terminus of the Skagensbanen railway line from Frederikshavn to Skagen and is the most northerly railway station in Denmark. The station opened in 1890 and the current station building was built in 1919. The train services are currently operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner (NJ) which run frequent local train services between Skagen and Frederikshavn with onward connections from Frederikshavn to the rest of Denmark.[1]

History

Skagen station in 1997.

The station opened in 1890 to serve as terminus of the new narrow gauge railway line from Frederikshavn to Skagen.[3][4] In 1924, the railway line was converted to standard gauge to avoid the need to transfer cargoes of fish in Frederikshavn.[5] As a consequence of the conversion, the layout of Skagen station was extensively changed.

For a period, the Skagen tourist information centre was located in the station building, but in 2006 it moved to its current location by the Skagen Harbour.

Architecture

Platform facade of Skagen Station

The original station building from 1890 was designed by architect Thomas Arboe. The current station building was built in 1919 and is the work of architect Ulrik Plesner. It is in the style of the town's typical yellow-plastered houses with red tiled roofs with white trimmings which were built in Skagen from 1890 to 1930 and designed by Plesner. He was also the architect behind many other buildings in the town, including Brøndums Hotel and Skagen Museum.

Operations

Train services

The train services are currently operated by Nordjyske Jernbaner (NJ) which run frequent local train services from Skagen station to Frederikshavn station with onward connections to the rest of Denmark.[1]

In a period during the 1990s there were direct InterCity connections between Copenhagen and Skagen, operated by DSB.

Bus services

In 2005, NJ replaced the bus connections between Skagen and Frederikshavn with more frequent train connections. Since then, there have only been bus connections from the station during the summer season, when Nordjyllands Trafikselskab's summer bus service connects Skagen with Blokhus.

Skagen station

References

1. "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
2. "Line information (TIB)" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
3. Jensen (1976), p. 21
4. Gregersen et al, p. 11
5. Jensen (1976), p. 25

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.
• Gregersen, A.; Holtrup, Ulf; Hjermind, P. (1965). SB gennem 75 år (PDF) (in Danish). Jernbanehistorisk Selskab.
• Plum, Ole Chr. M.; Wilcke, Birger (1990). Skagensbanen (in Danish). Copenhagen: Dansk Jernbane-Klub. ISBN 8787050315.
• Thomassen, P.; Wilcke, B. (1965). Skagensbanen, 1890 – 24. juli – 1965 (in Danish). Hellerup: Dansk Jernbane-Klub.

External links

• (in Danish) Nordjyske Jernbaner
• (in Danish) Skagensiden.dk
• (in Danish) Nordjyllands Jernbaner