Odder station ( da, Odder Banegård) is a railway station serving the town of

Odder Odder is a town in Jutland, Denmark. The town is the seat of Odder municipality, and is the biggest town in the municipality. It is located 20 km south of Aarhus and 16 km south-east of Skanderborg. Odder is part of Business Region Aarhus, and t ...

, Denmark. The station is the southern

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of the

Odder Line The Odder Line ( da, Odderbanen), also known formerly as the Hads-Ning Herreders Jernbane (HHJ), is a long standard-gauge single-track light-rail line which connects the city of Aarhus to the town of Odder in the Central Denmark Region. The O ...

from

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...

to Odder. The station opened in 1884 with the opening of the

Hads-Ning Herreders Jernbane The Odder Line ( da, Odderbanen), also known formerly as the Hads-Ning Herreders Jernbane (HHJ), is a long standard-gauge single-track light-rail line which connects the city of Aarhus to the town of Odder in the Central Denmark Region. The ...

from Aarhus to

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. Since 2016, the station has been temporarily closed along with the Odder Line while it's being reconstructed to form part of the

Aarhus light rail The Aarhus Letbane (Aarhus light rail) is a light rail system in the city of Aarhus, Denmark. It is operated by the company Midttrafik. The first line opened in December 2017, but the system is under continuous development and expansion. Service ...

system.

History

The station opened on 19 June 1884 as the

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(HHJ) opened a

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from

. In 1904, Odder station also became the eastern terminus of the new Horsens-Odder railway line, which connected Odder with

Horsens Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...

. The Horsens-Odder Line closed in 1967, whereas the section of the Odder Line from Odder to Hov was closed in 1977 and Odder station became the southern terminus of the Odder Line. In 2016, the station was temporarily closed along with the Odder Line while it's being reconstructed to form part of the

system, scheduled to open in 2017.

References

External links

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Buildings and structures in Odder Municipality Railway stations opened in 1884 Railway stations in the Central Denmark Region {{Denmark-railstation-stub