Rødkærsbro railway station

Rødkærsbro
Rødkærsbro
railway station
	Rødkærsbro station
General information
Location	Jernbanegade 7; 8840 Rødkærsbro; Denmark
Coordinates	56°21′12″N 9°29′56″E / 56.35333°N 9.49889°E / 56.35333; 9.49889
Owned by	Banedanmark
Operated by	GoCollective
Line(s)	Langå–Struer Line; Kjellerup Line (closed 1968);
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
History
Opened	20 July 1863
Services
Location
	Rødkærsbro Location within Denmark

Rødkærsbro station is a railway station serving the railway town of Rødkærsbro in Jutland, Denmark.^[1]^[2]

Rødkærsbro station is on the Langå–Struer line from Langå to Struer. The station was opened in 1863 with the opening of the Langå–Viborg section of the Langå–Struer line.^[4] It offers direct regional train services to Aarhus and Struer. The train services are operated by GoCollective.

History

Rødkærsbro station opened on 20 July 1863 with the opening of the Langå–Viborg section of the Langå–Struer railway line.^[4] In 1864, the railway line was continued from Viborg to Skive and in 1865 to Struer.^[5] In 1912, Rødkærsbro station also became the northern terminus of the new Kjellerup railway line from Rødkærsbro to Kjellerup, which was prolonged to Silkeborg in 1924.^[6]

The Kjellerup Line was closed in 1968,^[3] and in 1974 Rødkærsbro station was closed but continues as a railway halt.^[7]

Architecture

The current station building was built in 1911 before the opening of the Kjellerup line in 1912.

References

Citations

^ a b "Rødkærsbro Station" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ a b "Rødkærsbro Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ a b Jensen 1979, p. 73.
^ a b c Jensen 1979, p. 7.
^ Jensen 1979, p. 9-10.
^ Jensen 1979, p. 68-70.
^ Jensen 1979, p. 10.

Bibliography

Jensen, Niels (1979). Midtjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03904-3.

External links

(in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
(in Danish) DSB – largest Danish train operating company
(in Danish) GoCollective – private public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
(in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark

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[GoCollectiveRoedkaersbroStation-1] "Rødkærsbro Station" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[DSBRoedkaersbroStation-2] "Rødkærsbro Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[FOOTNOTEJensen197973-3] Jensen 1979, p. 73.

[FOOTNOTEJensen19797-4] Jensen 1979, p. 7.

[FOOTNOTEJensen19799-10-5] Jensen 1979, p. 9-10.

[FOOTNOTEJensen197968-70-6] Jensen 1979, p. 68-70.

[FOOTNOTEJensen197910-7] Jensen 1979, p. 10.

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