Hornslet railway station

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Hornslet
railway station
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Hornslet station in 2012
General information
LocationBanevej 3
8543 Hornslet [1]
Denmark
Coordinates 56°19′14″N10°18′49″E / 56.32056°N 10.31361°E / 56.32056; 10.31361
Owned by Banedanmark
Operated by Aarhus Letbane [2]
Line(s) Grenaa Line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe [3]
History
Opened1 December 1877 [4]
Services
Preceding station Aarhus Letbane Following station
Løgten
towards Odder or Mårslet
Line 1 Mørke
towards Grenaa or Hornslet
Location
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Hornslet
Location within Denmark
Hornslet railway station

Hornslet station is a railway station serving the railway town of Hornslet, a commuter town of the city of Aarhus, located on the peninsula of Djursland in Jutland, Denmark. [1]

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The station is located on the Grenaa railway line between Aarhus and Grenaa. It opened in 1877 with the opening of the Aarhus-Ryomgård section of the railway line. [4] Since 2019, the station has been served by the Aarhus light rail system, a tram-train network combining tram lines in the city of Aarhus with operation on railway lines in the surrounding countryside. [2]

History

DSB train calling at Hornslet station in 2011. Hornslet station 2011 3.jpg
DSB train calling at Hornslet station in 2011.

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.

From 2016 to 2019, the station was temporarily closed along with the Grenaa railway line while it was being reconstructed and electrified to form part of the Aarhus light rail system, a tram-train network combining tram lines in the city of Aarhus with operation on railway lines in the surrounding countryside. [2] Since 2019, the station has been served by Line L1 of the Aarhus light rail network, operated by the multinational transportation company Keolis. [5]

Architecture

Front facade of the station building in 2019. Hornslet Letbane Station (Aarhus Letbane) Maj 2019.jpg
Front facade of the station building in 2019.

The station building from 1877 was designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Letbanen - Hornslet" (in Danish). Midttrafik . Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Om Letbanen – Aarhus Letbane" (in Danish). Aarhus Letbane . Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Hornslet Station" (in Danish). danskejernbaner.dk. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Tusindvis af mennesker fejrede Letbanen" (in Danish). Aarhus Letbane . Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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