Laven railway station
Laven | |||||||||||
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 Laven station in 2014 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Himmelbjergvej 106R Laven, 8600 Silkeborg[1] Silkeborg Municipality Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°7′29″N 9°43′3″E / 56.12472°N 9.71750°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 25.0 metres (82.0 ft)[2] | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Banedanmark | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Skanderborg–Skjern | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | GoCollective[3] | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Architect | N.P.C. Holsøe[4] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 2 May 1871[2] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Laven station is a railway station serving the railway town of Laven in East Jutland, Denmark.[1]
The station is located on the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line from Skanderborg to Skjern. The station opened on 2 May 1871 with the Skanderborg-Silkeborg section of the Skanderborg-Skjern railway.[2] The train services are currently operated by GoCollective which run frequent regional train services between Aarhus and Herning.[3]
Architecture
The station building was designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe.[4] The station building has later been torn down.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Laven Station" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d Laven Station (La) on Danske Jernbaner
- ^ a b "Om GoCollective – Tog" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
Bibliography
- Jensen, Niels (1978). Østjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03852-7.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Laven Station.
- (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
- (in Danish) GoCollective – private public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
- (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark