Nørre Nebel railway station

Nørre Nebel
Terminal railway station
Platform facade of Nørre Nebel station
General information
LocationBredgade 45
6830 Nørre Nebel[1]
Varde Municipality
Denmark
Coordinates55°46′38″N 8°17′26″E / 55.77722°N 8.29056°E / 55.77722; 8.29056
Elevation7.8 metres (26 ft)[2]
Owned byVestbanen A/S
Operated byGoCollective[1]
Line(s)Varde–Nørre Nebel
Nørre Nebel–Tarm (closed 1940)
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
ArchitectHeinrich Wenck[3]
History
Opened15 March 1903[2]
Services
Preceding station GoCollective Following station
Lunde
towards Esbjerg
 Esbjerg–Nørre Nebel
Local train
 Terminus
Location
Nørre Nebel is located in Denmark
Nørre Nebel
Nørre Nebel
Location within Denmark
Map

Nørre Nebel railway station is a railway station serving the small railway town of Nørre Nebel in West Jutland, Denmark.[1]

The station is the northern terminus of the Varde–Nørre Nebel railway line from Varde to Nørre Nebel via Oksbøl. The station opened in 1903.[2] The train services are currently operated by the railway company GoCollective which run frequent local train services from Nørre Nebel to Varde and Esbjerg with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.[1]

History

Freight train from Vestbanen at Nørre Nebel station in 1975.

The station opened on 15 March 1903 to serve as the northern terminus of the new railway line from Varde to Nørre Nebel.[2] In 1913, the railway line was extended from Nørre Nebel to Tarm on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line, but this section was closed again in 1940.[2]

Architecture

The original and still existing station building from 1903 was built to designs by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck (1851–1936), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.[3]

Operations

Train services

The train services are currently operated by the railway company GoCollective which run frequent local train services from Nørre Nebel station to Varde and Esbjerg with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.[1]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e "Nørre Nebel Station" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Nørre Nebel Station". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b Vigand Rasmussen. "Heinrich Wenck". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

Bibliography

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nørre Nebel Station.
  • (in Danish) Vestbanen A/S – the railway company which owns the Varde–Nørre Nebel railway line
  • (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