Hulsig railway station is a railway station located in the village of

Hulsig Hulsig is a settlement and area of moorland and grey sand dunes in the Råbjerg Mile of the Skagens Odde peninsula, in northern Jutland, northern Denmark. The village lies along the Danish national road 40, to the southwest of the town of Skagen. ...

south of

Skagen Skagen () is Denmark's northernmost town, on the east coast of the Skagen Odde peninsula in the far north of Jutland, part of Frederikshavn Municipality in Nordjylland, north of Frederikshavn and northeast of Aalborg. The Port of Skagen is ...

Vendsyssel Vendsyssel () is the northernmost traditional district of Denmark and of Jutland. Being divided from mainland Jutland by the Limfjord, it is technically a part of the North Jutlandic Island, but the name often used informally for the entire island. ...

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. The station serves the village of Hulsig as well as the nearby seaside resort of Kandestederne. Hulsig station is located on the

Skagensbanen The Skagen railway line ( da, Skagensbanen) is a long standard gauge single track (rail), single track railway line between Skagen and Frederikshavn in Vendsyssel, Denmark. The railway links the fishing port and seaside resort of Skagen with the D ...

railway line from

Frederikshavn Frederikshavn () is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland, on the northeast coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. Its name translates to "Frederik's harbor". It was originally named Fladstrand. The town h ...

between Frederikshavnsvej and Bunken railway halts. The station opened in 1890 where the railway line crossed the road to Kandestederne. The train services are currently operated by the railway company

Nordjyske Jernbaner Nordjyske Jernbaner (abbreviated NJ) is a Danish railway company operating in Region Nordjylland. The company was formed in 2001 as a merger of Hjørring Privatbaner (HP) and Skagensbanen (SB). Headquartered in Hjørring, the company is responsibl ...

(NJ) which run frequent

local train Regional rail, also known as local trains and stopping trains, are passenger rail services that operate between towns and cities. These trains operate with more stops over shorter distances than inter-city rail, but fewer stops and faster servi ...

services between Skagen and Frederikshavn.

History

The station was opened when the railway started in 1890. It was located near a small settlement where the railroad crossed the road to Kandestederne. The original station building was enlarged in 1921 based on designs by

Ulrik Adolph Plesner Ulrik Adolph Plesner, usually known as Ulrik Plesner (17 May 1861 in Vedersø – 22 November 1933 in Skagen) was an innovative Danish architect who designed in a National Romantic style at the beginning of the 20th century. He is remembered in p ...

. In 1967, the station was set down to a halt. The former station building was sold in 1969.

Operations

The train services are currently operated by the railway company

(NJ) which run frequent

services from Skagen station to

Frederikshavn station Frederikshavn railway station (Danish: ''Frederikshavn Station'' or ''Frederikshavn Banegård'') is a railway station serving the town of Frederikshavn in Vendsyssel, Denmark. The station is the terminus of the Vendsyssel railway line from Aalborg ...

with onward connections to the rest of Denmark.

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External links

Nordjyske Jernbaner
– Danish railway company operating in

North Jutland Region The North Jutland Region ( da, Region Nordjylland), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the tra ...

Danske Jernbaner
– website with information on railway history in Denmark
Nordjyllands Jernbaner
– website with information on railway history in North Jutland
Skagensiden.dk
– website with information on