Alken | |
Type: | railway station |
Address: | Alkenvej 44 Alken 8680 Ry |
Country: | Denmark |
Coordinates: | 56.0514°N 9.8472°W |
Map Type: | Denmark#Denmark Central Denmark Region |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
Map Dot Label: | Alken station |
Line: | Skanderborg–Skjern |
Platform: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Architect: | Niels Peder Christian Holsøe |
Code: | Ak[1] |
Owned: | Banedanmark |
Train Operators: | GoCollective |
Alken station is a railway station serving the village of Alken in East Jutland, Denmark.
The station is located on the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line from Skanderborg to Skjern. The train services are currently operated by the private public transport company GoCollective which run frequent regional train services between Aarhus and Herning. The station opened on 2 May 1871 with the Skanderborg-Silkeborg section of the Skanderborg-Skjern railway. It's small station building built to designs by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895) was torn down in 1979.