Fredensborg railway station
Fredensborg | |||||||||||
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| Location | Stationsvej 2 3480 Fredensborg[1][2] Fredensborg Municipality Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°58′38″N 12°24′25″E / 55.97722°N 12.40694°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 31.0 metres (101.7 ft)[3] | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Hovedstadens Lokalbaner | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Lokaltog[4] | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Little North Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Architect | Vilhelm Carl Heinrich Wolf (1863)[5] | ||||||||||
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| Station code | Fd[6] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 8 June 1864[3] | ||||||||||
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Fredensborg station is a railway station serving the town of Fredensborg in North Zealand, Denmark.[1][2] The station is located in the centre of the town, about 1 km (0.62 mi) southwest of Fredensborg Palace, the spring and autumn residence of the Danish royal family.
The station is located on the Little North Line from Helsingør to Hillerød. The train services are currently operated by the railway company Lokaltog, which runs frequent local train services between Helsingør station and Hillerød station.[4]
The station opened in 1864.[3] Its station building was built in 1864 to designs by the Danish architect Vilhelm Carl Heinrich Wolf, and is one of only 3 remaining stations in Denmark[a] that still has a royal waiting room.[5]
History
Fredensborg railway station opened on 8 June 1864 as on one of the original intermediate stations on the North Line which was opened to connect Copenhagen and Helsingør via Hillerød.[3]
Architecture
Like the other station buildings on the North and Klampenborg Lines, Fredensborg station's original and still existing station building from 1864 was built to designs by the Danish architect Vilhelm Carl Heinrich Wolf (1833–1893).[5]
The station's royal waiting room is located in the western end of the building with its own entrances from the street and the platform.
Operations
The train services at the station are currently operated by the regional railway company Lokaltog which operates a fairly intensive local train service on the Little North Line with light DMUs between Helsingør station and Hillerød station working a fixed 30-minute frequency most in the day time and every hour in the evening.[4]
Cultural references
Fredensborg station is used as a location in the 1964 Danish comedy film Don Olsen kommer til byen.[7]
See also
- List of railway stations in Denmark
- Rail transport in Denmark
- History of rail transport in Denmark
- Transport in Denmark
Notes
- ^ The other two being Copenhagen Central Station and Gråsten railway station.
References
Citations
- ^ a b "Lokaltogs salgssteder" (in Danish). Lokaltog A/S. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Fredensborg Station". DSB. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Fredensborg Station (Fd)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Om Lokaltog". lokaltog.dk (in Danish). Lokaltog A/S. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ a b c Thomas Kappel. "V.C.H. Wolf". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Stationsforkortelser" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ "Fredensborg Station". danskefilm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
Bibliography
- Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1972 [Danish railways 1847–1972] (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
- Jensen, Niels (1975). Nordsjællandske Jernbaner [Railways of North Zealand] (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03671-0.
- Poulsen, John (1991). Nordbanen – med tog til Nordsjælland gennem 125 år [The North Line – by train to North Zealand for 125 years] (in Danish). Historisk-topografisk Selskab for Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune. ISBN 87-87298-20-1.
- Poulsen, John (2020). Nordbanen [The North Line] (in Danish). Roskilde: Bane Bøger. ISBN 978-87-91434-56-3.
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