Skagen railway station
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Skagen railway station (Danish: Skagen Banegård) is the main railway station serving the town of Skagen in Vendsyssel, Denmark.[1]
Skagen Station Skagen Banegård | |||||||||||
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Terminal railway station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Sankt Laurentii Vej 22 9990 Skagen[1] Denmark | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 57°43′27″N 10°35′31″E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Nordjyske Jernbaner[2] | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Skagensbanen | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2[3] | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3[3] | ||||||||||
Train operators | Nordjyske Jernbaner[2] | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Architect | Thomas Arboe (1890)[4] Ulrik Plesner (1919)[5] | ||||||||||
Architectural style | Neoclassical | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | Sgb | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1890[6][7] | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1919[8] | ||||||||||
Original company | Frederikshavn-Skagen Jernbane (FSJ) | ||||||||||
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The station is the northern terminus of the Skagensbanen railway line from Frederikshavn to Skagen and is the most northerly railway station in Denmark. The station opened in 1890 with the opening of the Skagensbanen railway line.[6][7] The current station building was built in 1919.[8] The train services are currently operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner (NJ) which run frequent local train services between Skagen and Frederikshavn with onward connections from Frederikshavn to the rest of Denmark.[2]