Tjæreborg railway station is a

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serving the

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of Tjæreborg east of the city of

Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport city and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban area, urban population of 71,554 (1 January ...

in West Jutland,

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. Tjæreborg railway station is located on the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line from to . The station opened in 1874. It offers

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services to , , , and in

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, operated by the private public transport company GoCollective.

History

Tjæreborg railway station opened on 3 October 1874 as on one of the original

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s on the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line. The station building from 1874, built to designs by the Danish architect

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, was torn down in 2002.

Services

The station offers direct

services to , , , and in

, operated by the private public transport company GoCollective.

Gallery

Tjæreborg Station 02.jpg, Tjæreborg Station 03.jpg,

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Banedanmark
– government agency responsible for

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and

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