Vrå railway station is a railway station serving the

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Vrå Vrå is a railway town in Hjørring Municipality, Hjørring Municipalities of Denmark, municipality, Denmark. It was the former municipal seat of the abolished Løkken-Vrå municipality. As of 1 January 2025, Vrå has a population of 2,681. His ...

Vendsyssel Vendsyssel () is the northernmost traditional district of Denmark and of Jutland. Being divided from mainland Jutland by the Limfjord, it is technically a part of the North Jutlandic Island which also comprises the areas Hanherred and Thy. Vendsy ...

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. The station is located on the Vendsyssel Line from

Aalborg Aalborg or Ålborg ( , , ) is Denmark's List of cities and towns in Denmark, fourth largest urban settlement (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an Urban area, urban populati ...

Frederikshavn Frederikshavn () is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland, on the northeast coast on the North Jutlandic Island in northern Denmark. Its name translates to "Frederik's harbor". It was originally named Fladstrand. The ...

, between Hjørring station and Brønderslev station. It opened in 1871. The train services are currently operated by the railway company

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) and Hirtshalsbanen (HB). Headquartered in Hjørri ...

which runs frequent

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services to Aalborg and

History

The station opened in 1871 as the branch from

Nørresundby Nørresundby () is a city in Aalborg Municipality, north of Limfjorden, in Vendsyssel, in Denmark. The urban area has a population of 24,436 (1 January 2025). It is located just north of Aalborg, which lies south of Limfjorden. Statistically it ...

to Frederikshavn of the new Vendsyssel Line opened on 16 August 1871. On 7 January 1879, at the opening of the Limfjord Railway Bridge, the Vendsyssel line was connected with Aalborg station, the Randers-Aalborg railway line and the rest of the Danish rail network. Today, the station is closed but continues as a halt. In 2017, the

regional rail Regional rail is a public transport, public rail transport service that operates between towns and cities. These trains operate with more stops than inter-city rail, and unlike commuter rail, operate beyond the limits of urban areas, connectin ...

services on the Vendsyssel Line were transferred from the national railway company DSB to the regional railway company

Architecture

The station building is designed by the Danish architect

Niels Peder Christian Holsøe Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (27 November 1826 – 1 January 1895) was a Denmark, Danish architect, known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the DSB (railway company), Danish Sta ...

, head architect of the

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Operations

The train services are operated by the railway company

which runs frequent

services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn.

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

Banedanmark
– government agency responsible for

maintenance The technical meaning of maintenance involves functional checks, servicing, repairing or replacing of necessary devices, equipment, machinery, building infrastructure and supporting utilities in industrial, business, and residential installa ...

and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
Nordjyske Jernbaner
– Danish railway company operating in

North Jutland Region The North Jutland Region (), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an Regions of Denmark, administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, 2007 Danish municipal refor ...

Danske Jernbaner
– website with information on railway history in Denmark
Nordjyllands Jernbaner
– website with information on railway history in North Jutland Buildings and structures in Hjørring Municipality Railway stations in the North Jutland Region Niels Peder Christian Holsøe railway stations Railway stations in Denmark opened in 1871 {{Denmark-railstation-stub