Fredericia station

Fredericia Station Fredericia Banegård
railway junction
Fredericia Station in 2013
General information
Location	Jernbanegade 2B 7000 Fredericia[1] Fredericia Municipality Denmark
Coordinates	55°34′06″N 9°44′22″E
Elevation	8.5 metres (28 ft)[2]
Owned by	Banedanmark
Operated by	DSB
Line(s)	Copenhagen-Fredericia Line Fredericia-Aarhus Line Flensburg-Fredericia Line
Platforms	4
Tracks	7
Construction
Architect	Knud Tanggaard Seest[3]
History
Opened	14 May 1935[2]
Services
Preceding station DSB Following station Odense towards Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen-Aalborg InterCityLyn Vejle towards Aalborg Airport Copenhagen-Herning-Struer InterCityLyn Vejle towards Struer Copenhagen-Sønderborg InterCityLyn Kolding towards Sønderborg Middelfart towards Copenhagen Central Copenhagen-Aalborg InterCity Vejle towards Aalborg Kolding Terminus Kolding–Aarhus InterCity Vejle towards Aarhus Central Terminus Fredericia–Flensburg InterCity Kolding towards Flensburg Middelfart towards Odense Odense–Fredericia Regional train Terminus Taulov towards Esbjerg Esbjerg-Aarhus Regional train Børkop towards Aarhus Central
Location Fredericia Station Location within Denmark

Fredericia station (Danish: Fredericia Banegård or Fredericia Station) is a railway station serving the city of Fredericia in Jutland, Denmark.[1]

Fredericia station is an important railway junction where the Copenhagen-Fredericia Line, the Fredericia-Aarhus Line, and the Flensburg-Fredericia Line all cross each other. The station was opened in 1935 together with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge across the Little Belt.[2] The train services are operated by the railway company DSB.[1]

History

Map of Fredericia in 1900. The old terminal station and the adjacent ferry slips can be seen at the bottom left.

The first station in Fredericia in 1900

The current station is the second in Fredericia. It replaced the first station, which had been opened in 1866 and was located by the harbour from where there had been a connection via railway ferry across the Little Belt to Strib on the island Funen. The current station was opened in 1935 together with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge across the Little Belt.[2]

Architecture

The second and present station building from 1935 in a functionalist style with a touch of Nordic Classicism was designed by the Danish architect Knud Tanggaard Seest who was the head architect of the Danish State Railways from 1922 to 1949.[3] The station is one of only five in Denmark with a train shed covering the tracks and platforms.[a] The old station at the harbour also had a train shed, which has been demolished.

See also

• List of railway stations in Denmark

Notes

1. The others are Copenhagen Central Station, Aarhus Central Station, Nørrebro S-train Station, and the now-closed train station in Gedser.

References

Citations

1. "Fredericia Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
2. Fredericia Banegård on Danske Jernbaner
3. Hegner Christiansen, Jørgen. "K.T. Seest" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 2022-06-18.

Bibliography

• Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
• Jensen, Niels (1978). Østjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03852-7.
• Jensen, Niels (1979). Midtjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03904-3.

External links

• (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
• (in Danish) DSB – largest Danish train operating company
• (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark