Pårup railway halt
Railway halt in North Zealand, Denmark
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Pårup halt is a railway halt serving the small settlement of Pårup near Gilleleje in North Zealand, Denmark.[1]
Pårup | |||||||||||
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Pårup railway halt in 1983 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Ålekistevej 3230 Græsted[1] Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°06′3″N 12°18′5″E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 8.0 metres (26.2 ft)[1] | ||||||||||
| Owner | Hovedstadens Lokalbaner | ||||||||||
| Operator | Lokaltog[2] | ||||||||||
| Line | Gribskov Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1896[1] | ||||||||||
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Pårup halt is located on the Gribskov Line from Hillerød to Gilleleje. The train services are currently operated by the railway company Lokaltog which runs frequent local train services between Hillerød station and Gilleleje station.[2]
The station was opened in 1896 with the opening of the Græsted-Gilleleje section of the Gribskov Line. The original station building was designed by architect Heinrich Wenck.[3] The station building was torn down in 1984.[4]
Cultural references
In film
Pårup station is used as a location in the 1957 Danish film Be Dear to Me (Danish: Ingen tid til kærtegn).[5]
In visual art
Pårup station is the motive of the 1980 painting Pårup Station by the Danish painter and graphic artist Niels Strøbek, primarily known for his super-realist paintings and portraits.[6][7]
