The Aalborg Airport railway line is a branch line railway designed to link Aalborg,

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with its airport, as part of an initiative to improve transport between the city and the airport. It opened on 13 December 2020 at a cost of 276 million DKK.

Background

The feasibility studies started in 2017 and were followed by detailed design and expropriation in 2018. The actual construction was in 2019 and 2020. Construction officially started in February 2019. The line starts as a

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north of

Lindholm Station Lindholm railway station is a railway station serving the district of Lindholm in the city of Nørresundby in Vendsyssel, Denmark. The station is located on the Vendsyssel railway line from Aalborg to Frederikshavn and is part of the Aalborg Com ...

. A new station was built at the airport, with a bridge built over Lindholm Å.''Broer''
, Banedanmark, 26. juni 2017.

References

External links

Banedanmark
– government agency responsible for

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and

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of most of the Danish railway network
DSB
– largest Danish train operating company
Danske Jernbaner
– website with information on

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in Denmark
Nordjyllands Jernbaner
– website with information on

in North Jutland
Aalborg Airport
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