Horne railway station

Not to be confused with Horn railway station or Herne railway station.

Horne
railway station
Horne station in 2009
General information
Location	Nøragervej 5 Horne, 9850 Hirtshals[1] Hjørring Municipality Denmark
Coordinates	57°33′34″N 9°58′21″E
Elevation	38.8 metres (127 ft)[2]
Owned by	Nordjyske Jernbaner[3]
Operated by	Nordjyske Jernbaner[3]
Line(s)	Hirtshals Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Architect	Sylvius Knutzen[4]
Services
Preceding station Nordjyske Jernbaner Following station Tornby towards Hjørring Hjørring–Hirtshals Local train Emmersbæk towards Hirtshals
Location Horne Location within Denmark

Horne railway station is a railway station located about 1 km (0.62 mi) west of the village of Horne between Hirtshals and Hjørring in Vendsyssel, Denmark.^[1]

The station is located on the Hirtshals Line from Hirtshals to Hjørring. It opened in 1925.^[5][6] 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.^[3]

History

Horne station in 1975

The station opened in 1925.^[5][6] The station was closed in 1970 but continued as a halt.

Architecture

The station building from 1925 was designed by the Danish architect Sylvius Knutzen.^[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.^[3]

See also

• List of railway stations in Denmark
• Rail transport in Denmark

References

Notes

1. "Standsningssteder på Hirtshalsbanen" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
2. "Horne Station (Hon)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 26 September 2024.
3. "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
4. "Sylvius Knutzen" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
5. Jensen 1976, p. 107.
6. Gregersen 1965, p. 6.

Bibliography

• Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03756-3.
• Gregersen, A. (1965). Hirtshalsbanen. 1925 - 19. december - 1965 (PDF) (in Danish). Jernbanehistorisk Selskab.
• Thomassen, P. (1975). Hirtshalsbanen gennem 50 år. 1925 - 19. december - 1975 (in Danish). Bestyrelsen for Hirtshalsbanen.

External links

• (in Danish) Nordjyske Jernbaner – Danish railway company operating in North Jutland Region
• (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark
• (in Danish) Nordjyllands Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in North Jutland