Hvalsø Railway Station
Hvalsø railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Kirke Hvalsø between the cities of Roskilde, Holbæk and Ringsted on the island of Zealand, Denmark. Hvalsø railway station is situated on the Northwest Line (Denmark), Northwest Line from to . The station opened in 1874. It offers regional rail services to , and Copenhagen operated by the national railway company DSB (railway company), DSB. History Hvalsø railway station opened on 30 December 1874 as one of the original intermediate stations on the Northwest Line (Denmark), Northwest Line between and . Hvalsø became a short-lived railway junction in the period when the Central Zealand railway line between and crossed the Northwest Line here. The section from to Hvalsø opened on 15 August 1925, and the section from Hvalsø to opened on 17 November 1928, but both sections were already closed on 15 May 1936. Architecture The original and still existing station building from 1874 was designed by t ...
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Railway Station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and rail freight transport, freight transport globally, thanks to its Energy efficiency in transport, energy efficiency and potentially high-speed rail, high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower friction, frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by Diesel locomotive, diesel or Electric locomotive, electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital intensity, capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or an ...
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