Vejen railway station explained

Vejen
Type:railway station
Address:Banegårdspladsen 1
6600 Vejen
Borough:Vejen Municipality
Country:Denmark
Coordinates:55.4758°N 9.1358°W
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Architect:Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1874)
Heinrich Wenck (1917)
Code:Vn[1]
Opened:3 October 1874
Rebuilt:25 August 1917
Owned:Banedanmark
Operator:DSB
Map Type:Denmark Region of Southern Denmark#Denmark
Map Dot Label:Vejen station
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Mapframe-Zoom:14

Vejen railway station is a railway station serving the large railway town of Vejen between the cities of Kolding and Esbjerg in Jutland, Denmark.

Vejen railway station is located on the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line from to . The station opened in 1874, and its current station building was built to designs by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck in 1917. It offers direct InterCity services to and Copenhagen and regional rail services to, and Aarhus, both operated by the national railway company DSB.

History

Vejen railway station opened on 3 October 1874 as one of the original intermediate stations on the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line. After the opening of the railway line, a railway town developed around the station.

In 1917, the station became a railway junction as the Troldhede-Kolding-Vejen Railway opened the railway line from Kolding to Troldhede with a short branch line from Gesten to Vejen which was opened on 25 August 1917. The Gesten–Vejen branch line was closed on 1 April 1951.

Architecture

The original station building from 1874 was designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826 - 1895), head architect of the Danish State Railways. Its current and still existing station building from 1917 was built to designs by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck, known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.

Services

Vejen station offers direct InterCity services to and Copenhagen and regional rail services to, and Aarhus, both operated by the national railway company DSB.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stationsforkortelser . . 30 November 2024 . da .