Alken railway station, Denmark

Railway station in East Jutland, Denmark

This article is about the railway station in Denmark. For the railway station in Belgium, see Alken railway station.

Alken

railway station

Alken station in 2015

General information
Location| Alkenvej 44
Alken
8680 Ry[1][2]
Denmark
Coordinates| 56°3′5″N 9°50′50″E﻿ / ﻿56.05139°N 9.84722°E﻿ / 56.05139; 9.84722
Elevation| 28.9 metres (95 ft)[3]
Owned by| Banedanmark
Line(s)| Skanderborg–Skjern
Platforms| 1 side platform
Tracks| 1
Train operators| GoCollective[4]
Construction
Architect| Niels Peder Christian Holsøe[5]
Other information
Station code| Ak[6]
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 2 May 1871; 153 years ago (1871-05-02)[3]
Services
| Preceding station  | GoCollective | Following station

|
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towards Skjern

|  | Aarhus–Skjern

Regional train

|  | Skanderborg

towards Aarhus Central

Location

Alken station

Location within Denmark

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Alken station

Alken station (Denmark Central Denmark Region)

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Alken station is a railway station serving the village of Alken in East Jutland, Denmark.[1][2]

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.[4] The station opened on 2 May 1871 with the Skanderborg-Silkeborg section of the Skanderborg-Skjern railway.[3] It's small station building built to designs by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895) was torn down in 1979.[5][3]

## See also

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* Trains portal
* Architecture portal
* Denmark portal

* List of railway stations in Denmark
* Rail transport in Denmark

## References

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### Citations

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1. ^ a b "Alken Station" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
2. ^ a b "Alken Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
3. ^ a b c d "Alken Station (Ak)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
4. ^ a b "Om GoCollective – Tog" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
5. ^ a b Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
6. ^ "Stationsforkortelser" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

### Bibliography

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* Jensen, Niels (1978). Østjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03852-7.

## External links

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* Official website
* (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
* (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

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Skanderborg Municipality

Towns & villages|

* Alken
* Blegind
* Fruering
* Galten
* Gammel Rye
* Herskind
* Hylke
* Hårby
* Hørning
* Javngyde
* Laven
* Låsby
* Mesing
* Nørre Vissing
* Ry
* Sjelle
* Skanderborg
* Skjørring
* Stjær
* Storring
* Tebstrup
* Tulstrup
* Virring
* Voerladegård

Landmarks|

* Listed buildings
* Klostermølle
* Øm Abbey
* Veng Abbey
* Voer Abbey

Geography & nature|

* Alken Enge
* Ejer Bavnehøj
* Himmelbjerget
* Illerup Ådal
* Mossø
* Møllehøj
* Skanderborg Lake
* Stilling-Solbjerg Lake

Transport & infrastructure|

* Alken railway station
* European route E45
* Fredericia–Aarhus railway line
* Hørning railway station
* Ry railway station
* Skanderborg railway station
* Skanderborg–Skjern railway line

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