Vrå
railway station
Vrå station in 2009
General information
LocationJernbanegade 7
DK-9760 Vrå[1][2]
Denmark
Coordinates57°21′16″N 9°56′33″E / 57.35444°N 9.94250°E / 57.35444; 9.94250
Owned byBanedanmark
Operated byNordjyske Jernbaner[3]
Line(s)Vendsyssel Line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
ArchitectN.P.C. Holsøe[4]
History
Opened1871[5]
Services
Preceding station Nordjyske Jernbaner Following station
Brønderslev
towards Aalborg
AalborgFrederikshavn Hjørring
Location
Vrå is located in Denmark
Vrå
Vrå
Location within Denmark

Vrå railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Vrå in Vendsyssel, Denmark.[1][2]

The station is located on the Vendsyssel Line from Aalborg to Frederikshavn, between Hjørring station and Brønderslev station. It opened in 1871.[5] The train services are currently operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner which runs frequent regional train services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn.[3]

History

Vrå station by night in 2009

The station opened in 1871 as the branch from Nørresundby to Frederikshavn of the new Vendsyssel Line opened on 16 August 1871.[5] On 7 January 1879, at the opening of the Limfjord Railway Bridge, the Vendsyssel line was connected with Aalborg station, the Randers-Aalborg railway line and the rest of the Danish rail network.[6]

Today, the station is closed but continues as a halt.

In 2017, the regional rail services on the Vendsyssel Line were transferred from the national railway company DSB to the regional railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner.[7]

Architecture

The station building is designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe, head architect of the Danish State Railways.[4]

Operations

DSB train calling at Vrå in 2018

The train services are operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner which runs frequent regional train services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn.[3]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Standsningssteder på Skagensbanen" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Vrå Station". DSB. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner". Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 Jensen 1976, p. 15.
  6. Jensen 1976, p. 20.
  7. "Historien bag Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

Bibliography

  • Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03756-3.


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