Pårup railway halt

Pårup
Pårup railway halt in 1983
General information
LocationÅlekistevej
3230 Græsted[1]
Denmark
Coordinates56°06′3″N 12°18′5″E / 56.10083°N 12.30139°E / 56.10083; 12.30139
Elevation8.0 metres (26.2 ft)[1]
Owned byHovedstadens Lokalbaner
Operated byLokaltog[2]
LineGribskov Line
Platforms1
Tracks1
History
Opened1896[1]
Services
Preceding station Lokaltog Following station
Fjellenstrup
towards Gilleleje
Gribskov Line
Gilleleje branch
Græsted
towards Hillerød
Location
Map

Pårup halt is a railway halt serving the small settlement of Pårup near Gilleleje in North Zealand, Denmark.[1]

Pårup halt is located on the Gribskov Line from Hillerød to Gilleleje. The train services are currently operated by the railway company Lokaltog which runs frequent local train services between Hillerød station and Gilleleje station.[2]

The station was opened in 1896 with the opening of the Græsted-Gilleleje section of the Gribskov Line. The original station building was designed by architect Heinrich Wenck.[3] The station building was torn down in 1984.[4]

Cultural references

In film

Pårup station is used as a location in the 1957 Danish film Be Dear to Me (Danish: Ingen tid til kærtegn).[5]

In visual art

Pårup station is the motive of the 1980 painting Pårup Station by the Danish painter and graphic artist Niels Strøbek, primarily known for his super-realist paintings and portraits.[6][7]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d "Pårup Trinbræt (Pbg)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Om Lokaltog". lokaltog.dk (in Danish). Lokaltog A/S. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Gribskovbanens Driftselskab (Gribskovbanen)". jernbanen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Pårup Station, Pårup". arkiv.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Pårup Station". danskefilm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  6. ^ Grut, Ulla. "Niels Strøbek" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  7. ^ "Pårup Station" (in Danish). Carlsberg Foundation. Retrieved 5 November 2025.

Bibliography

  • 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 (1975). Nordsjællandske Jernbaner [Railways of North Zealand] (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03671-0.
  • Munk Plum, Ole Christian; Viinholt-Nielsen, Lars (2009). Gribskovbanen [The Gribskov Railway]. Dansk Jernbane-Klub (in Danish). Vol. 57. Dansk Jernbane-Klub. ISBN 978-87-87050-61-6.