Nakskov railway station

Railway station in Nakskov, Denmark
Preceding station Lokaltog Following station
Avnede Lolland Line
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Nakskov Station is located in Denmark
Nakskov Station
Nakskov Station
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Nakskov railway station (Danish: Nakskov Station or Nakskov Banegård) is a railway station serving the town of Nakskov on the island of Lolland, Denmark.[1]

The station is the western terminus of the Lollandsbanen railway line from Nykøbing Falster to Nakskov. The station opened in 1874 and its current station building was built in 1925.[3] The train services are currently operated by the railway company Lokaltog which run frequent local train services between Nakskov and Nykøbing Falster with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.[2]

History

DSB train at Nakskov station in 1982.

The station opened on 1 July 1874 to serve as the terminus of the new Lollandsbanen railway line across the island of Lolland from Nykøbing Falster to Nakskov via Maribo.[3] The following year, the first railway bridge across the Guldborgsund strait was inaugurated, and the Lolland Line was connected to the Falster Railway at the railway station in Nykøbing Falster.[5]

Nakskov station was also the terminus of the Nakskov–Kragenæs railway line from 1915 to 1967,[6] and of the Nakskov–Rødby railway line from 1926 to 1953.[7]

Until 2008, an industrial track connected Nakskov station with the Port of Nakskov.

Architecture

The second and still existing station building from 1925 was built to designs by the Danish architect Adolph Einar Hansen Ørnsholt.[4]

Operations

Train services

The train services are currently operated by the regional railway company Lokaltog which run frequent local train services from Nakskov station to Nykøbing Falster station with onward connections from Nykøbing Falster to the rest of Denmark.[2]

See also

  • iconTrains portal
  • iconArchitecture portal
  • flagDenmark portal

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Nakskov Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Om Lokaltog". lokaltog.dk (in Danish). Lokaltog A/S. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Jensen 1972, p. 46.
  4. ^ a b "Nakskov Station". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  5. ^ Jensen 1972, p. 48.
  6. ^ Jensen 1972, p. 178.
  7. ^ Jensen 1972, p. 213-214.

Bibliography

  • Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
  • Jensen, Niels (1977). Jernbaner på Lolland-Falster og Bornholm (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03777-6.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nakskov Station.
  • (in Danish) Lokaltog – Danish railway company operating in Region Zealand and the Capital Region of Denmark
  • (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark