Gilleleje station () is the main railway station serving the

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and seaside resort of

Gilleleje Gilleleje () is a fishing town and seaside resort on the north coast of the peninsula North Zealand, Denmark. The town is located at the northernmost point of the island of Zealand. It is one of the main towns of the Gribskov municipality in Regio ...

on the north coast of the island of

Zealand Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020. It is the 1 ...

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. The station is the

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of the

Hornbæk Line The Hornbæk Line ( da, Hornbækbanen) is a long standard gauge single track local passenger railway line north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs along the coast of Øresund between Helsingør and Gilleleje, through an area with many holiday homes. ...

from

Helsingør Helsingør ( , ; sv, Helsingör), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a city in eastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 62,686 on 1 January 2018. Helsingør and Helsingborg in Sweden together form the northern ...

and of the Gilleleje branch of the

Gribskov Line The Gribskov Line or the Gribskov Railway ( da, Gribskovbanen, GDS) is a local passenger railway line in North Zealand north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The line runs north from Hillerød through the Gribskov forest and splits into two branches to t ...

from

Hillerød Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 35,357 (1 January 2022)railway company A railway company is a company within the rail industry. It can be a manufacturing firm or an operator. Some railway companies operate both the trains and the track, while, particularly in the European Union, operation of the track is undertaken ...

Lokaltog Lokaltog A/S ( en, Local Trains Ltd) is a Danish railway company responsible for train operation and related passenger services on nine local railways on the islands of Zealand, Lolland and Falster in Denmark. The company was formed on 1 July 2015 ...

which runs frequent

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services from Gilleleje to

Helsingør station Helsingør station () is the principal railway station serving the city of Helsingør ( en, Elsinore), Denmark. It is the terminus of the Coast Line to Copenhagen, the Little North Line to Hillerød and the Hornbæk Line to Gilleleje. It also prov ...

and

Hillerød station Hillerød station () is a railway station serving the city of Hillerød north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the terminus of four railways lines: * An S-train line (Nordbanen) from Copenhagen, operated by DSB * Frederiksværkbanen, operated by Lok ...

with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark. The station opened in 1896, and its second and current station building designed by the architect

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was inaugurated in 1918.

History

The station opened in 1896 with the opening of the Græsted-Gilleleje section of the

Gribskov railway line The Gribskov Line or the Gribskov Railway ( da, Gribskovbanen, GDS) is a local passenger railway line in North Zealand north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The line runs north from Hillerød through the Gribskov forest and splits into two branches to t ...

and served as the northern

of the

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from

Hillerød Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 35,357 (1 January 2022)Elsinore as the Hornbæk-Gilleleje section of the Hornbæk railway line was opened. However, from the opening in 1916, the

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Østerport served as the

of the Hornbæk Railway Line in Gilleleje, as it was not possible to reach an agreement with the

about a joint station in Gilleleje. On 16 January 1918, however, the new Gilleleje station serving both railway lines was inaugurated. In connection with this, the station was moved a short distance to the west, and a new and larger

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was constructed. The original station building initially remained standing but was demolished in 1961. Until 1959 an industrial track connected Gilleleje station with Gilleleje harbour.

Architecture

Gilleleje station's second and current station building from 1918 was designed by the Danish architect

, known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways from 1894 to 1921.

Facilities

The station building contains ticket sales, a waiting room and toilets.

Operations

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Since 2015, the train services from the station are operated by the

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railway company

A/S which operates in the

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and

Region Zealand Region Zealand ( da, Region Sjælland) is the southernmost administrative region of Denmark, established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which abolished the traditional counties ("amter") and set up five larger regi ...

. Lokaltog runs frequent

services from Gilleleje station to

and

with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark. There is continuous operation, such that the trains from one railway line continue along the other and vice versa.

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Lokaltog
– Danish

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operating in the

and

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