Nørre Nebel railway station
Railway station in West Jutland, Denmark
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Nørre Nebel railway station is a railway station serving the small railway town of Nørre Nebel in West Jutland, Denmark.[1]
6830 Nørre Nebel[1]
Varde Municipality
Denmark
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Platform facade of Nørre Nebel station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Bredgade 45 6830 Nørre Nebel[1] Varde Municipality Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°46′38″N 8°17′26″E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 7.8 metres (26 ft)[2] | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Vestbanen A/S | ||||||||||
| Lines | Varde–Nørre Nebel Nørre Nebel–Tarm (closed 1940) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | GoCollective[3] | ||||||||||
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| Architect | Heinrich Wenck[4] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 March 1903[2] | ||||||||||
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The station is the northern terminus of the Varde–Nørre Nebel railway line from Varde to Nørre Nebel via Oksbøl. The station opened in 1903.[2] The train services are currently operated by GoCollective which run frequent local train services from Nørre Nebel to Varde and Esbjerg with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.[3]
History
The station opened on 15 March 1903 to serve as the northern terminus of the new railway line from Varde to Nørre Nebel.[2] In 1913, the railway line was extended from Nørre Nebel to Tarm on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line, but this section was closed again in 1940.[2]
Architecture
The original and still existing station building from 1903 was built to designs by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck (1851–1936), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.[4]
Operations
Train services
The train services are currently operated by the private public transport operating company GoCollective which run frequent local train services from Nørre Nebel station to Varde and Esbjerg with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.[3]
