Alken railway station, Denmark

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Alken
railway station
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Alken station in 2015
General information
LocationAlkenvej 44
Alken
8680 Ry [1] [2]
Denmark
Coordinates 56°3′5″N9°50′50″E / 56.05139°N 9.84722°E / 56.05139; 9.84722
Elevation28.9 metres (95 ft) [3]
Owned by Banedanmark
Line(s) Skanderborg–Skjern
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Train operators GoCollective [4]
Construction
Architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe [5]
Other information
Station codeAk [6]
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
Opened2 May 1871;153 years ago (1871-05-02) [3]
Services
Preceding station GoCollective Following station
Ry
towards Skjern
Aarhus–Skjern
Regional train
Skanderborg
towards Aarhus Central
Location
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Alken station
Location within Denmark
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Alken station
Alken station (Denmark Central Denmark Region)
Alken railway station, Denmark

Alken station is a railway station serving the village of Alken in East Jutland, Denmark. [1] [2]

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The station is located on the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line from Skanderborg to Skjern. The train services are currently operated by the private public transport company GoCollective which run frequent regional train services between Aarhus and Herning. [4] The station opened on 2 May 1871 with the Skanderborg-Silkeborg section of the Skanderborg-Skjern railway. [3] It's small station building built to designs by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895) was torn down in 1979. [5] [3]

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References

Citations

  1. 1 2 "Alken Station" (in Danish). GoCollective . Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Alken Station" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Alken Station (Ak)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Om GoCollective – Tog" (in Danish). GoCollective . Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  5. 1 2 Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Stationsforkortelser" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved 20 April 2024.

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