Lilleheden railway halt

Lilleheden railway halt (Danish: Lilleheden Trinbræt) is a railway halt serving the eastern part of the town of Hirtshals in Vendsyssel, Denmark, as well as the nearby public aquarium Nordsøen Oceanarium.[1]

Lilleheden
Railway halt
Lilleheden halt in 2009
General information
LocationSkovvejen 28, 9850 Hirtshals[1]
Denmark
Coordinates57°35′06.80″N 9°58′34.79″E
Owned byNordjyske Jernbaner[2]
Operated byNordjyske Jernbaner[2]
Line(s)Hirtshals
Platforms1
History
Opened1 May 1940, 1990s[3][4]
Closed1956[3][4]
Services
Preceding station Nordjyske Jernbaner Following station
Emmersbæk
towards Hjørring
HjørringHirtshals Hirtshals
Terminus
Location
Lilleheden is located in Denmark
Lilleheden
Lilleheden
Location within Denmark

The halt is located on the Hirtshals Line from Hirtshals to Hjørring. It opened in 1940, was closed again in 1956, but reopened in the 1990s.[3][4] The train services are currently operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner which run frequent local train services between Hirtshals and Hjørring with onward connections from Hjørring to the rest of Denmark.[2]

History

The halt was opened on 1 May 1940.[3][4] It was closed from 1943 to 1946 as it was located in an area used by the Wehrmacht during Nazi Germany's Occupation of Denmark.[3][4]

The halt was closed again in 1956, but reopened in the 1990s.[3][4]

Operations

The train services are currently operated by Nordjyske Jernbaner which run frequent local train services between Hirtshals and Hjørring with onward connections from Hjørring to the rest of Denmark.[2]

See also

References

Notes

  1. "Standsningssteder på Hirtshalsbanen" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. Jensen 1976, p. 110.
  4. "Stationer Hjørring—Hirtshals" (in Danish). Nordjyllands Jernbaner. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

Bibliography


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