Rødkærsbro station is a railway station serving the

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Rødkærsbro Rødkærsbro is a railway town in Viborg Municipality in central Jutland, Denmark. It is located west of Bjerringbro, northwest of Ans, north of Silkeborg, northeast of Kjellerup Kjellerup is a Danish town with a population of 5,247 (1 Jan ...

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, Denmark. Rødkærsbro station is on the Langå–Struer line from Langå to Struer. The station was opened in 1863 with the opening of the Langå–Viborg section of the Langå–Struer line. It offers direct

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services to

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and Struer. The train services are operated by GoCollective.

History

Rødkærsbro station opened on 20 July 1863 with the opening of the Langå–Viborg section of the Langå–Struer railway line. In 1864, the railway line was continued from Viborg to Skive and in 1865 to Struer. In 1912, Rødkærsbro station also became the northern terminus of the new Kjellerup railway line from

Kjellerup Kjellerup is a Danish town with a population of 5,247 (1 January 2025).Silkeborg Silkeborg () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 52,571 (1 January 2025).railway halt A train station, railroad station, or railway station is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track, and a station building providing such a ...

Architecture

The current station building was built in 1911 before the opening of the Kjellerup line in 1912.

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and

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