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Railway station in Fredericia, Denmark
Fredericia Station
Fredericia Banegård
railway junction
Fredericia Station in 2013
General information
LocationJernbanegade 2B
7000 Fredericia
Fredericia Municipality
Denmark
Coordinates55°34′06″N 9°44′22″E / 55.56833°N 9.73944°E / 55.56833; 9.73944
Elevation8.5 metres (28 ft)
Owned byBanedanmark
Operated byDSB
Line(s)
Platforms4
Tracks7
Construction
ArchitectKnud Tanggaard Seest
History
Opened14 May 1935
Services
Preceding station Danish State Railways DSB Following station
Odensetowards Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen-AalborgInterCityLyn Vejletowards Aalborg Airport
Copenhagen-Herning-StruerInterCityLyn Vejletowards Struer
Copenhagen-SønderborgInterCityLyn Koldingtowards Sønderborg
Middelfarttowards Copenhagen Central Copenhagen-AalborgInterCity Vejletowards Aalborg
KoldingTerminus KoldingAarhusInterCity Vejletowards Aarhus Central
Terminus FredericiaFlensburgInterCity Koldingtowards Flensburg
Middelfarttowards Odense OdenseFredericiaRegional train Terminus
Taulovtowards Esbjerg Esbjerg-AarhusRegional train Børkoptowards Aarhus Central
Location
Fredericia Station is located in DenmarkFredericia StationFredericia StationLocation within Denmark

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

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. The train services are operated by the railway company DSB.

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.

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. The station is one of only five in Denmark with a train shed covering the tracks and platforms. The old station at the harbour also had a train shed, which has been demolished.

See also

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

Bibliography

External links

Fredericia Municipality
Towns & villages
Category
Knud Tanggaard Seest
Buildings


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