Hedensted railway station is a railway station serving the

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Hedensted Hedensted is a Danish town in Region Midtjylland and the seat of Hedensted Municipality. Its population, including its northern neighbouring town Løsning, is 12,220.

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. The station is located on the Fredericia-Aarhus railway line from

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. It opened in 1868, closed in 1974, but reopened in 2006. It offers direct

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services to

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. The train services are operated by the national

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History

Hedensted station was opened on 3 October 1868 with the opening of the Fredericia-Aarhus railway line from

. It was closed on 26 May 1974, but the station reopened on 8 January 2006.

Operations

The train services are operated by the national railway company

. The station offers

services to

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Banedanmark
– government agency responsible for

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