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Horsens Station Horsens Banegård
railway station
Horsens station in 2008
General information
Location	Banegårdsgade 3 8700 Horsens Horsens Municipality Denmark
Coordinates	55°51′46″N 09°50′08″E / 55.86278°N 9.83556°E / 55.86278; 9.83556
Elevation	2.7 metres (8 ft 10 in)
Owned by	Banedanmark
Operated by	DSB
Line(s)	Fredericia–Aarhus railway line
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Architect	Knud Tanggaard Seest (1929)
History
Opened	4 October 1868
Rebuilt	1929
Services
Preceding station DSB Following station Vejletowards Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen-AalborgInterCityLyn Skanderborgtowards Aalborg Airport Vejletowards Copenhagen Central Copenhagen-AalborgInterCity Skanderborgtowards Aalborg Vejletowards Kolding Kolding–AarhusInterCity Skanderborgtowards Aarhus Central Hedenstedtowards Fredericia Fredericia-AarhusRegional train
Location Horsens StationLocation within Denmark

Horsens railway station (Danish: Horsens Station or Horsens Banegård) is a railway station serving the town of Horsens in East Jutland, Denmark.

The station is located on the Fredericia–Aarhus railway line from Fredericia to Aarhus. It offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen, Hamburg, Aarhus and Aalborg as well as regional train services to Aarhus and Fredericia. The train services are operated by the railway company DSB.

The station opened in 1868 and was moved to its current position in 1929. Its second and current station building designed by the architect Knud Tanggaard Seest was inaugurated in 1929.

History

Horsens station was opened in 1868 with the opening of the Fredericia–Aarhus railway line from Fredericia to Aarhus. In 1929, the station was moved to its current position.

Architecture

The second and present station building from 1929 was designed by the Danish architect Knud Tanggaard Seest who was the head architect of the Danish State Railways from 1922 to 1949.

Operations

The train services are operated by the railway company DSB. The station offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen, Hamburg, Aarhus and Aalborg as well as regional train services to Aarhus and Fredericia.

See also

• List of railway stations in Denmark

References

Citations

1. ^ "Horsens Station". dsb.dk (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
2. ^ Horsens Station (Hs) on Danske Jernbaner
3. ^ Hegner Christiansen, Jørgen. "K.T. Seest" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 2022-06-18.

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.

External links

• (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
• (in Danish) DSB – largest Danish train operating company
• (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark

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