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Assens railway station is a former railway station serving the town of Assens on the island of Funen in central Denmark. It was the terminus of the Tommerup–Assens railway line, connecting the town of Assens with the Funen Main Line at . The station's
station building A station building, also known as a head house, is the main building of a passenger railway station. It is typically used principally to provide services to passengers. A station building is a component of a station, which can include tracks, p ...
from 1884 by the
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architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe was listed in 1992.


History

The station opened along with the other stations on the Tommerup–Assens railway line in 1884. The station came out of use when the Tommerup–Assens line was closed to passenger traffic in 1965.


Architecture and design

The station building was built to a design by Niels Peder Christian Holsøe who had become head architect of the
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in 1880. Prior to his appointment, Holsøe had developed a standardized building, consisting of a high central section flanked by two lower shoulders, in a romanticizing Neo-Romanesque style. This design was introduced with the construction of Strib railway station in 1860. At Assens, it was expanded with two low towers in Italian style. Holsøe also designed a new post office which was built next to the station. The station building was listed in 1992.


See also

* List of railway stations in Denmark *
Rail transport in Denmark The rail transport system in Denmark consists of 2,633 km of railway lines, of which the Copenhagen S-train network, the main line Helsingør-Copenhagen-Padborg (at the German border), and the Lunderskov-Esbjerg line are electrified. Most t ...
*
History of rail transport in Denmark :''This article is part of the history of rail transport by country series'' The history of rail transport in Denmark began in 1847 with the opening of a railway line between Copenhagen and Roskilde. The Kiel- Altona line in Holstein was completed ...


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{{Assens Municipality Disused railway stations in Denmark Listed buildings and structures in Assens Municipality Listed railway stations in Denmark Railway stations opened in 1884 Railway stations closed in 1965 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1880s