Skagensbanen
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Skagensbanen (Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
for The Skagen Railway) is a 39.7 km (24.7 mi) long railway in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, going from Skagen
Skagen
Skagen is a projection of land and a town, with a population of 8,515 , in Region Nordjylland on the northernmost tip of Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark...
to Frederikshavn
Frederikshavn
This article is about a Danish town. For the German town, see Friedrichshafen, and for the Finnish town, see Fredrikshamn .Frederikshavn is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland on the northeast coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. Its name translates to...
. Skagensbanen is a part of Nordjyske Jernbaner
Nordjyske Jernbaner
Nordjyske Jernbaner A/S is a Danish railway company operating in Vendsyssel. The company was formed in 2001 as a merger of Hjørring Privatbaner A/S and Skagensbanen A/S...
.
The work started on July 26, 1889, and the railway were opened on July 24, 1890, and until 1924 had it small rails, and trains could maximum drive 30 km/h (18.6 mph). In 2005 the current Siemens Desiro was set in, and between Skagen and Hulsig, the maximum speed in 120 km/h (74.6 mph).
Stations
- Skagen stationSkagen StationSkagen station is a Danish railway station in downtown Skagen, which is terminus on Skagensbanen. The station opened in 1890 and the current station building were built in 1919.-External links:...
- Frederikshavnsvej haltFrederikshavnsvej haltFrederikshavnsvej halt is a Danish railway stop, located in western Skagen, between Skagen and Hulsig stations on the Skagensbanen Railway.It was opened in 1992, primary for the many student commuters who travel daily between Skagen and Frederikshavn....
- Hulsig stationHulsig stationHulsig station is a Danish railway stop, located in Hulsig south of Skagen, between Frederikshavnsvej and Bunken halts on the Skagensbanen Railway.It was opened in 1890 when the railway started....
- Bunken halt
- Aalbæk stationAalbæk stationAalbæk station is a Danish railway station, located in Aalbæk between Skagen and Frederikshavn. The station is a part of the Skagensbanen Railway, between Bunken and Napstjært halts.It was opened in 1890 when the railway started...
- Napstjært haltNapstjært haltNapstjært halt is a Danish railway stop, located in Napstjært between Skagen and Frederikshavn. The halt is a part of the Skagensbanen Railway, between Aalbæk and Jerup stations....
- Jerup station
- Rimmen halt
- Strandby stationStrandby stationStrandby station is a Danish railway station, located in Strandby between Skagen and Frederikshavn. The station is a part of the Skagensbanen Railway, between Rimmen halt and Frederikshavn station.It was opened in 1924 when the normal railed railway began...
- Frederikshavn stationFrederikshavn StationFrederikshavn station is a Danish railway station in downtown Frederikshavn, which is terminus on Skagensbanen and several of DSB's lines. Inside the station building DSB has a store.-External links:**...
Previous stations
- Højen station — between Frederikshavnsvej Halt and Hulsig Station.
- Elling halt - between Rimmen Halt and Frederikshavn Station.
- Apholmen halt — between Strandby Station and Frederikshavn Station.