Herning railway station
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| Location | Banegårdsparken 6C 7400 Herning[1][2] Herning Municipality Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°08′00″N 8°58′41″E / 56.13333°N 8.97806°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 53.4 metres (175 ft)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | DSB (station infrastructure)[4] Banedanmark (rail infrastructure)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | Vejle-Holstebro Line Skanderborg-Skjern Line Herning-Viborg Line (closed 1971)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | GoCollective[6] DSB[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 28 August 1877[7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1906[7] 28 April 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[7] It offers direct InterCityLyn services to Copenhagen and Struer operated by DSB as well as regional train services to Aarhus, Vejle, Esbjerg and Thisted operated by GoCollective.[1][6]
See also
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d "Herning Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Herning Station" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Herning Banegård Center (Hr)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Analyse af de danske jernbanestationer" (PDF) (in Danish). Ministry of Transport. April 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ Jensen 1979, p. 46.
- ^ a b "Om GoCollective – Tog" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b c 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Herning Station.
- (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