Herning railway station

Herning Station Herning Banegård
railway junction
Herning Station in 2019
General information
Location	Banegårdsparken 6C 7400 Herning[1][2] Herning Municipality Denmark
Coordinates	56°08′00″N 8°58′41″E
Elevation	53.4 metres (175 ft)[3]
Owned by	Banedanmark
Operated by	DSB Arriva
Line(s)	Vejle-Holstebro Line Skanderborg-Skjern Line Herning-Viborg Line (closed 1971)[4]
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
History
Opened	28 August 1877[5]
Rebuilt	1906[5] 28 April 1979
Services
Preceding station DSB Following station Brande towards Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen-Herning-Struer InterCityLyn Gødstrup towards Struer Preceding station GoCollective Following station Brande towards Vejle Vejle–Struer Regional train Gødstrup towards Struer Herning Messecenter towards Skjern Aarhus–Skjern Regional train Birk Centerpark towards Aarhus Central
Location Herning Station Location within Denmark

Herning station (Danish: Herning Station or Herning Banegård) is the main railway station serving the city of Herning in Jutland, Denmark.[1][2]

Herning station is an important railway junction where the Vejle-Holstebro Line and the Skanderborg-Skjern Line cross each other. The station was opened in 1877 with the opening of the Silkeborg-Herning section of the Skanderborg-Skjern Line.[5] It offers direct InterCityLyn services to Copenhagen and Struer operated by DSB as well as regional train services to Aarhus, Fredericia, Esbjerg and Thisted operated by Arriva.[1][2]

See also

• List of railway stations in Denmark

References

Citations

1. "Herning Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
2. "Herning Station" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
3. "Herning Banegård Center (Hr)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
4. Jensen 1979, p. 46.
5. Jensen 1979, p. 21.

Bibliography

• Jensen, Niels (1977). Vestjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03821-7.
• 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) GoCollective – private public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
• (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark