Vordingborg railway station

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Vordingborg railway station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 55°0′45.22″N 11°54′1.06″E / 55.0125611°N 11.9002944°E

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Vordingborg Station

Vordingborg Banegård

railway station

Vordingborg station in 2021

General information

Location

Banegårdspladsen 4
4760 Vordingborg^[1]
Vordingborg Municipality
Denmark

Coordinates

55°0′45.22″N 11°54′1.06″E / 55.0125611°N 11.9002944°E

Elevation

8.3 metres (27 ft)^[2]

Owned by

Banedanmark

Operated by

DSB^[1]

Line(s)

South Line
Kalvehave Line (closed 1959

Platforms

Tracks

Construction

Architect

Charles Abrahams (1870)
Knud Tanggaard Seest (1937)^[3]

Other information

Website

Official website

History

Opened

4 October 1870^[2]

Rebuilt

26 September 1937^[2]

Services

Preceding station	DSB			Following station
Lundby towards Østerport		Copenhagen–Nykøbing F		Nørre Alslev towards Nykøbing F

Location
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Vordingborg railway station (Danish: Vordingborg Station or Vordingborg Banegård) is the main railway station serving the town of Vordingborg in southern Zealand, Denmark.^[1] It is located in the centre of the town, on the western edge of the historic town centre, and immediately adjacent to the Vordingborg bus station.

Vordingborg station is located on the main line South Line which connects Copenhagen with southern Zealand and the islands of Falster and Lolland. The station opened in 1870, and was moved to its current location in 1937.^[2] The current station building from 1937 is designed by the architect Knud Tanggaard Seest.^[3]

The station offers direct regional train services to Copenhagen and Nykøbing Falster operated by the national railway company DSB.^[1]

History

Vordingborg station opened on 4 October 1870 as the Zealand Railway Company (Danish: Det Sjællandske Jernbaneselskab) opened the original Zealand South Line, which connected Copenhagen with South Zealand via Roskilde, Køge and Næstved.^[2] From Masnedsund there was a steamship connection across the Storstrømmen strait to Orehoved on the north coast of the island of Falster. In 1880 the railway line was taken over by the Danish state, and in 1885 became part of the national railway company DSB.

DSB trains at Vordingborg station in 1981.

In 1937, the station moved to its current location together with the opening of the Storstrøm Bridge across the Storstrømmen strait.^[2] The new station was inaugurated on 26 September 1937, and the old station was closed. Also from 1937, all trains on the Kalvehave Line between Vordingborg and Kalvehave (opened in 1897) arrived to and departed from Vordingborg station.^[2] The Kalvehave Line closed in 1959.^[2]

Architecture

Vordingborg station's first station building from 1870 was built to designs by the Danish architect Charles Abrahams (1838–1893).

The second station building from 1937 was built to designs by the Danish architect Knud Tanggaard Seest (1879–1972), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.^[3]

Facilities

Inside the station building there is a combined ticket office and convenience store operated by 7-Eleven, ticket machines, waiting room and toilets.^[1]

Adjacent to the station is the Vordingborg bus station. The station forecourt has a taxi stand, and the station also has a bicycle parking station as well as a car park with approximately 173 parking spaces.^[1]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Vordingborg Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Vordingborg Station". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hegner Christiansen, Jørgen. "K.T. Seest" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 3 December 2024.

Bibliography

Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
Jensen, Niels (1979). Sydøstsjællandske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03935-3.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vordingborg Station.

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

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