Hjørring station

Hjørring station
Junction
Hjørring station in 2010
Location Banegårdspladsen 6
DK-9800 Hjørring
Denmark
Coordinates 57°27′23″N 9°59′08″E / 57.45639°N 9.98556°E / 57.45639; 9.98556Coordinates: 57°27′23″N 9°59′08″E / 57.45639°N 9.98556°E / 57.45639; 9.98556
Owned by Banedanmark
Operated by DSB
Nordjyske Jernbaner
Line(s) Vendsyssel Line
Hirtshals Line
Platforms 2
Tracks 3
History
Opened 1871
Services
Preceding station   Danske Statsbaner   Following station
Copenhagen–Frederikshavn
InterCityLyn
Copenhagen–Frederikshavn
InterCity
toward Aalborg
Aalborg–Frederikshavn
Regional train
Preceding station   Nordjyske Jernbaner   Following station
TerminusHjørring - Hirtshals
Local train
toward Hirtshals
Location
Hjørring station
Location within Denmark

Hjørring station (Danish: Hjørring Banegård) is the main railway station serving the town of Hjørring, Denmark.

The station is located on the Vendsyssel Line from Aalborg to Frederikshavn and is the terminus of the Hirtshalsbanen railway line from Hjørring to Hirtshals. It offers direct InterCity connections to Copenhagen and Frederikshavn and regional rail services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn, both operated by DSB as well as local train services to Hirtshals operated by Nordjyske Jernbaner.

History

DSB train on the Vendsyssel Line calling at Hjørring in 1975. To the left a local train ready to depart for Hirtshals.

The station opened in 1871 as the branch from Nørresundby to Frederikshavn of the new Nørresundby-Frederikshavn railway line opened on 16 August 1871. The station building was designed by the architect Thomas Arboe.

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.

In 1942, the station became the terminal station of the Hjørring-Løkken-Aabybro Line, the Hjørring-Hørby Line and the Hjørring-Hirtshals Line, as the trains from Hjørring Privatbaner were moved from Hjørring West station to the mainline station. The Hjørring-Hørby Line was closed in 1953 and the Hjørring-Løkken-Aabybro Line in 1963, so that today only the Hirtshal Line remains as the only branch line from Hjørring Station.

Facilities

Inside the station building there is a combined ticket office and convenience store operated by 7-Eleven, waiting room, toilets and lockers.

Adjacent to the station is the Hjørring bus terminal.

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