Varde railway station ( da, Varde Station or da, Varde Banegård) is the main railway station serving the

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. It is located in central Varde, immediately adjacent to the Varde bus station. It lies on the southeastern edge of the historic town centre, from which it is separated by the

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. Varde station is a

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, which is located on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line from

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to Struer, and is the

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of the Varde–Nørre Nebel railway line from Varde to

Nørre Nebel Nørre Nebel is a town in southwest Jutland with a population of 1,316 (1 January 2022).regional rail services to Aarhus,

, Herning and Skjern, and

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services to

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and

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was listed in 1992.

History

The station opened on 3 October 1874 as the section from

to Varde of the new Esbjerg–Struer railway line opened, together with the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line. On 8 August 1875, the railway line was prolonged to the north as the section from Varde to Ringkøbing opened. The

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was thus completed, and connected Varde to the rest of Denmark's railway lines at both ends. On 15 March 1903 Varde station also became the southeastern

of the new Varde–Nørre Nebel railway line ( da, Vestbanen), which connected Varde with the villages of

and

Nørre Nebel Nørre Nebel is a town in southwest Jutland with a population of 1,316 (1 January 2022).Varde–Grindsted railway line which connected Varde with the

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. The Varde–Grindsted railway line closed on 31 March 1972, so that today only the Varde–Nørre Nebel railway line remains as a branch line from Varde station. Since 1 June 2002, the passenger train services on the Varde–Nørre Nebel railway line have been operated by the multinational railway company

Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.Vestbanen A/S. And in 2003, operation of the passenger rail services on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line were transferred from the national

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to Arriva along with the passenger rail services on the other railway lines in Mid– and West Jutland. The station's kiosk operated by DSB closed in 2007, and in 2016 Arriva closed the station's ticket sales and the waiting room in the station building which has since been unused.

Architecture

The still existing station building from 1874 was built to designs by the

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architect

(1826–1895), known for the numerous

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

s he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways. Prior to his appointment, Holsøe had developed a standardized station building in the Romanesque Revival architecture ''

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'' that was popular in the architecture of the Germanic world at the time. These station buildings consisted of a high transverse central section flanked by two lower one-story shoulder parts. The station building was

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in 1992.

Facilities

The

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station offers

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s, waiting shelters, toilets as well as car and bicycle parking. Adjacent to the station is the Varde bus terminal.

Services

The station offers direct regional rail services to , , and Aarhus, as well as local train services to and in the northwestern part of

Varde Municipality Varde Municipality is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Erik Buhl Nielsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. ...

, all operated by the multinational railway company

Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.List of railway stations in Denmark This article shows a list of railway stations and railway halts in Denmark. List R * Rungsted Kyst station * Ry station * Ryde station * Ryomgård station * Ryparken station * Rødby Færge station * Rødekro station * Rødkærsbro station *Rø ...

Rail transport in Denmark The rail transport system in Denmark consists of 2,633 km of railway lines, of which the Copenhagen S-train network, the main line Helsingør-Copenhagen-Padborg (at the German border), and the Lunderskov-Esbjerg line are electrified. Most t ...

* History of rail transport in Denmark

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External links

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and

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of most of the Danish railway network
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– multinational public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
Danske Jernbaner
– website with information on railway history in Denmark Railway stations in the Region of Southern Denmark Railway stations opened in 1874 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1870s Buildings and structures in Varde Municipality {{Denmark-railstation-stub