Middelfart railway station ( da, Middelfart Station or ''Middelfart Banegård'') is a railway station serving the town of Middelfart on the western part of the island of

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, Denmark. It is located in the centre of the town, on the southern edge of the historic town centre. Middelfart station is located on the

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Copenhagen–Fredericia railway from

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and

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. The station offers direct

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services to

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services to Fredericia and Odense operated by the national railway company

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. The current station is the second station in Nyborg. The first station in the town opened in 1865 as the western terminus of the Funen Main Line between and Middelfart via . The original station was the terminus of the Middelfart–Strib railway line, a short branch line to the harbour at Strib from where there was connection via

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across the Little Belt to Fredericia in the

peninsula. Middelfart station was moved to its current location in 1935 with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge. Its second and current station building from 1935 was designed by the architect Knud Tanggaard Seest.

History

The current station is the second station in Middelfart. The first station in the town opened in 1865 as the western terminus of the socalled Queen Louise's Railway, the main line across the island of Funen between and Middelfart via . The station was inaugurated along with the railway line on Queen Louise's 48th birthday the 7 September 1865, with regular traffic commencing the following day. The following year, on 1 november 1866, a short branch line, the Middelfart–Strib railway line, opened from Middelfart station to the harbour at Strib 5 kilometers north of Middelfart, from where there was connection via

across the Little Belt to Fredericia in the

peninsula. In 1935, with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge, Middelfart station was moved to its current location.

Architecture

The second and current station building from 1935 was designed by the Danish architect Knud Tanggaard Seest who was the head architect of the

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from 1922 to 1949.

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