Strandby railway station is a railway station serving the small coastal town of Strandby in

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. The station is located on the

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

railway line from

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, between

Rimmen halt Rimmen railway halt ( da, Rimmen Trinbræt) is a railway halt, located a short distance north of the village of Nielstrup north of Frederikshavn in Vendsyssel, Denmark. The halt is located on the Skagensbanen railway line from Skagen to Frederik ...

and

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 Aal ...

. The train services are currently operated by

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 respons ...

which run frequent

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services between

Skagen station Skagen railway station ( da, Skagen Banegård) is the main railway station serving the town of Skagen in Vendsyssel, Denmark. The station is the northern terminus of the Skagensbanen railway line from Frederikshavn to Skagen and is the most northe ...

and

History

The station opened in 1924 when the

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of Skagensbanen was converted from

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to standard gauge. As part of the conversion, the

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between

and Rimmen was changed so the railway line passed by Strandby instead of

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Architecture

The station building was built in 1922 after designs by the architect

Ulrik 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 2006 the station was renovated with new platforms and a new

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Services

The train services are currently operated by

which run frequent

services between Skagen and Frederikshavn with onward connections to the rest of Denmark.

References

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 trad ...

Danske Jernbaner
– website with information on railway history in Denmark
Nordjyllands Jernbaner
– website with information on railway history in North Jutland Railway stations in the North Jutland Region Railway stations opened in 1924 Ulrik Plesner railway stations {{Denmark-railstation-stub