Hjørring railway station

Hjørring
Hjørring station in 2010
General information
LocationBanegårdspladsen 6
9800 Hjørring[1][2]
Hjørring Municipality
Denmark
Coordinates57°27′23″N 9°59′08″E / 57.45639°N 9.98556°E / 57.45639; 9.98556
Elevation34.4 metres (113 ft)[3]
SystemRailway junction
Owned byDSB (station infrastructure)[4]
Banedanmark (rail infrastructure)[4]
Lines
Platforms2
Tracks3
Train operatorsNordjyske Jernbaner[5]
Construction
ArchitectThomas Arboe
History
Opened1871[6]
Services
Preceding station Nordjyske Jernbaner Following station
Vrå
towards Hobro
 Hobro – Skagen
Regional train
 Hjørring East
towards Skagen
Terminus Hjørring – Hirtshals
Local train
 Kvægtorvet
towards Hirtshals
Vrå
towards Skørping
 Skørping – Hirtshals
Regional train
Peak hours
Location
Map

Hjørring railway station (Danish: Hjørring Banegård) is the main railway station serving the town of Hjørring in Vendsyssel, Denmark.[1][2] It is located in the central part of the town, on the southern edge of the historic town centre, and immediately adjacent to the Hjørring bus station.

Hjørring station is located on the Vendsyssel Line from Aalborg to Frederikshavn and is the terminus of the Hirtshalsbanen railway line from Hjørring to Hirtshals. The station opened in 1871.[6] It offers direct regional rail services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn, as well as local train services to Hirtshals, both operated by Nordjyske Jernbaner.[5]

History

Map of Hjørring, c. 1900.

The station opened in 1871 as the branch from Nørresundby to Frederikshavn of the new Nørresundby-Frederikshavn railway line opened on 16 August 1871.[6] 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.[7]

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

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 Hirtshals Line remains as the only branch line from Hjørring Station.

In 2017, operation of the regional rail services on the Vendsyssel Line to Aalborg and Frederikshavn were transferred from the national railway company DSB to the regional railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner (NJ).[8]

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 station. The station forecourt has a taxi stand, and the station also has a bicycle parking station as well as a car park with approximately 66 parking spaces.[2]

Services

A DMU to Aalborg from Nordjyske Jernbaner calling at Hjørring station in 2018.

The station offers direct regional rail services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn, as well as local train services to Hirtshals, both operated by Nordjyske Jernbaner.[5]

An international passenger service, Nordpilen, between Frederikshavn / Hirtshals and Hamburg, connecting with the ferries to and from Sweden and Norway, ceased many years ago.[9] Until the opening of the Great Belt Bridge in 1997, DSB also operated a night train service with sleeping cars from Hjørring to Copenhagen.[10] The direct InterCity service from the station to Copenhagen operated by the national railway company DSB ceased in 2019.[11]

Cultural references

Hjørring station is used as a location in the 1976 Bodil Award-winning Danish film Den korte sommer.[12]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Standsningssteder på Skagensbanen" [Stops on the Skagen line] (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Hjørring Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Hjørring Station (Hj)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Analyse af de danske jernbanestationer" [Analysis of Danish railway stations] (PDF) (in Danish). Ministry of Transport. April 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  5. ^ a b c "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner" [About Nordjyske Jernbaner] (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Jensen 1976, p. 15.
  7. ^ Jensen 1976, p. 20.
  8. ^ "Historien bag Nordjyske Jernbaner" [The story behind Nordjyske Jernbaner] (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  9. ^ Bruun-Petersen & Poulsen 2002.
  10. ^ Bach Svith, Jakob (27 May 2021). "Nattog i Danmark er på vej tilbage: Sådan så en sovevogn ud i 1997". dr.dk (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  11. ^ Wormslev, Søren (17 April 2021). "Udspil: Slut med direkte tog mellem Frederikshavn og København" [Proposal: End of direct trains between Frederikshavn and Copenhagen]. TV2/Nord (in Danish). Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Hjørring Station". danskefilm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 March 2024.

Bibliography

  • Bruun-Petersen, Jens; Poulsen, John (2002). Internationale tog via Jylland [International trains via Jutland] (in Danish). Bane bøger. ISBN 87-88632-91-1.
  • Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1972 [Danish railways 1847–1972] (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
  • Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner [Railways of North Jutland] (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03756-3.
  • Gregersen, A. (1965). Hirtshalsbanen. 1925 - 19. december - 1965 (PDF) (in Danish). Jernbanehistorisk Selskab.
  • Mogensen, Ole Edvard (2021). Vendsysselbanen gennem 150 år [The Vendsyssel Line through 150 years] (in Danish). Historisk Samfund for Vendsyssel – via Vendsyssel Årbog 2021.
  • Thomassen, P. (1975). Hirtshalsbanen gennem 50 år. 1925 - 19. december - 1975 (in Danish). Bestyrelsen for Hirtshalsbanen.
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