Skjern railway station

Location
	Skjern Location within Denmark

Skjern
Skjern
Railway junction
	Skjern station in 2011
General information
Location	Bredgade 55; 6900 Skjern ; Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality ; Denmark
Coordinates	55°56′51″N08°29′32″E / 55.94750°N 8.49222°E
Owned by	Banedanmark
Operated by	GoCollective ; Midtjyske Jernbaner
Line(s)	The West Jutland longitudinal railway line ; Skanderborg–Skjern railway line
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Architect	Niels Peder Christian Holsøe
History
Opened	8 August 1875
Services
Location
Location
	Skjern Location within Denmark

Last updated October 23, 2024

Skjern railway station is a railway station serving the town of Skjern in West Jutland, Denmark.^[1]^[2]

The station is located on the West Jutland longitudinal railway line (Danish : Den Vestjyske Længdebane) from Esbjerg to Struer and is the western terminus of the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line from Skanderborg to Skjern. It offers regional train services to Aarhus, Esbjerg, Herning and Holstebro. The train services are currently operated by the railway companies GoCollective and Midtjyske Jernbaner.^[1]

History

Skjern station was opened on 8 August 1875 with the opening of the Varde-Ringkøbing section of the West Jutland longitudinal railway line (Danish : Den Vestjyske Længdebane) from Esbjerg to Struer.^[5] In 1881, Skjern station also became the western terminus of the Herning-Skjern section of the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line.^[5]

On 15 November 1920 Skjern station also became the southern terminus of the new Skjern-Videbæk railway line, which connected Skjern with the village of Videbæk. This railway line was meant to be prolonged to Skive but this was never realized.^[5] Passenger trafic on the Skjern-Videbæk railway line stopped on 2 October 1955, with freight traffic on the line continuing until 1 June 1981.^[5]

Architecture

Like the other stations on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line, the still existing station building from 1875 was built to designs 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.^[4]

Facilities

The station building contains ticket machines, a waiting room and toilets.^[1]

Operations

The train services are operated by the railway companies GoCollective and Midtjyske Jernbaner. The station offers direct regional train services to Aarhus, Esbjerg, Herning and Holstebro.^[1]^[3]

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References

Citations

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Skjern Station" (in Danish). GoCollective . Retrieved 20 April 2024.
1 2 "Skjern Station" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved 4 May 2021.
1 2 "Om Midtjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Midtjyske Jernbaner . Retrieved 12 October 2023.
1 2 Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 Skjern Station (Sj) on Danske Jernbaner

Bibliography

Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
Jensen, Niels (1977). Vestjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03821-7.
Jensen, Niels (1979). Midtjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03904-3.

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

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[GoCollectiveSkjernStation-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Skjern Station" (in Danish). GoCollective . Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[DSBSkjernStation-2] 1 2 "Skjern Station" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[OmMidtjyskeJernbaner-3] 1 2 "Om Midtjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Midtjyske Jernbaner . Retrieved 12 October 2023.

[Weilbach-4] 1 2 Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

[DanskeJernbaner-5] 1 2 3 4 5 Skjern Station (Sj) on Danske Jernbaner

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