Alken railway station, Denmark
Alken station is a railway station serving the village of Alken in East Jutland, Denmark.
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Alken station in 2015 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Alkenvej 44 Alken 8680 Ry Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°3′5″N 9°50′50″E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 28.9 metres (95 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Banedanmark | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Skanderborg-Skjern Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | GoCollective | ||||||||||
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| Architect | Niels Peder Christian Holsøe | ||||||||||
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| Station code | Ak | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2 May 1871 | ||||||||||
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Alken station Location within Denmark Alken station Alken station (Denmark Central Denmark Region) | |||||||||||
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.
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