Grenaa railway station

Grenaa station (Danish: Grenaa Banegård) is a railway station serving the town and seaport of Grenaa on the Djursland peninsula in East Jutland, Denmark.[1]

Grenaa
Terminal railway station
Front facade of Grenaa station in 2018
General information
LocationStationsplads 4
8500 Grenaa[1]
Denmark
Coordinates56°24′45.5″N 10°52′47″E
Owned byBanedanmark
Operated byAarhus Letbane[2]
Line(s)Grenaa Line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
ArchitectNiels Peder Christian Holsøe[3]
History
Opened24 August 1876[4]
Services
Preceding station Aarhus Letbane Following station
Hessel
towards Odder or Mårslet
 Line 1 Terminus
Location
Grenaa is located in Denmark
Grenaa
Grenaa
Location within Denmark

The station is the northeastern terminus of the Grenaa railway line from Aarhus to Grenaa. The station opened in 1876 with the opening of the Randers-Ryomgaard-Grenaa Line.[4] Since 2019, the station has been served by the Aarhus light rail system, a tram-train network combining tram lines in the city of Aarhus with operation on railway lines in the surrounding countryside.[2]

History
DSB MR-trainset at Grenaa station in 1990.

The station opened on 26 August 1876 as the railway company Østjyske Jernbane (ØJJ) opened the railway line Randers-Ryomgaard-Grenaa from Randers to Grenaa.[4] In 1877, ØJJ opened a branch line from Ryomgård to Aarhus, and just a few years later the trains starting running directly between Grenaa and Aarhus, with the Ryomgård-Randers section being reduced to a branch line used mostly for rail freight transport.[4]

From 1881, the train services were operated by the national railway company DSB which from 2012 ran frequent local train services between Grenaa, Aarhus and Odder as part of the Aarhus Commuter Rail service.

From 2016 to 2019, the station was temporarily closed along with the Grenaa railway line while it was being reconstructed and electrified to form part of the Aarhus light rail system, a tram-train network combining tram lines in the city of Aarhus with operation on railway lines in the surrounding countryside.[2] Since 2019, the station has been served by Line L1 of the Aarhus light rail network, operated by the multinational transportation company Keolis.[5]

Architecture
Platform facade of Grenaa station in 2013.

The station building from 1876 was designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Letbanen - Grenaa" (in Danish). Midttrafik. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. "Om Letbanen – Aarhus Letbane" (in Danish). Aarhus Letbane. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  4. "Grenaa Station (GR)" (in Danish). danskejernbaner.dk. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  5. "Tusindvis af mennesker fejrede Letbanen" (in Danish). Aarhus Letbane. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
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