Laven railway station

Not to be confused with Lavin railway station, Leven railway station (Manitoba), or Leven railway station (Fife).

Laven
Laven station in 2014
General information
Location	Himmelbjergvej 106R Laven, 8600 Silkeborg [1] Silkeborg Municipality Denmark
Coordinates	56°7′29″N9°43′3″E / 56.12472°N 9.71750°E / 56.12472; 9.71750
Elevation	25.0 metres (82.0 ft) [2]
System	railway station
Owned by	Banedanmark
Line	Skanderborg–Skjern
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Train operators	GoCollective [3]
Construction
Architect	N.P.C. Holsøe [4]
History
Opened	2 May 1871 [2]
Services
Preceding station GoCollective Following station Svejbæk towards Skjern Aarhus–Skjern Regional train Ry towards Aarhus Central
Location Laven railway station Location within Denmark Show map of Denmark Laven railway station Laven railway station (Central Denmark Region) Show map of Central Denmark Region

Laven station is a railway station serving the railway town of Laven in East Jutland, Denmark. ^[1]

The station is located on the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line from Skanderborg to Skjern. The station opened on 2 May 1871 with the Skanderborg-Silkeborg section of the Skanderborg-Skjern railway. ^[2] The train services are currently operated by GoCollective which run frequent regional train services between Aarhus and Herning. ^[3]

Architecture

The station building was designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe. ^[4] The station building has later been torn down. ^[2]

See also

• Trains portal
• Architecture portal
• Denmark portal

• List of railway stations in Denmark
• Rail transport in Denmark

References

Citations

1. "Laven Station" (in Danish). GoCollective . Retrieved 20 April 2024.
2. Laven Station (La) on Danske Jernbaner
3. "Om GoCollective – Tog" (in Danish). GoCollective . Retrieved 20 April 2024.
4. Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 29, 2021.

Bibliography

• 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) GoCollective – private public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
• (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark