Skagen railway station
Skagen | |||||||||||
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Front facade of Skagen station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Sankt Laurentii Vej 22 9990 Skagen Frederikshavn Municipality Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°43′27″N 10°35′31″E / 57.72417°N 10.59194°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Nordjyske Jernbaner | ||||||||||
| Line | Skagen Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Nordjyske Jernbaner | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | Thomas Arboe (1890) Ulrik Plesner (1919) | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Neoclassical | ||||||||||
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| Station code | Sgb | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 24 July 1890 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1919 | ||||||||||
| Original company | Frederikshavn-Skagen Jernbane (FSJ) | ||||||||||
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Skagen railway station (Danish: Skagen Station or Skagen Banegård) is the main railway station serving the town of Skagen in Vendsyssel, Denmark. The station is located in the central part of the town by its main artery Sankt Laurentii Vej.
The station is the northern terminus of the Skagensbanen railway line from Frederikshavn to Skagen and is the most northerly railway station in Denmark. The station opened in 1890 with the opening of the Skagensbanen railway line. The current station building was built in 1919. The train services are currently operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner (NJ) which run frequent local train services between Skagen and Frederikshavn with onward connections from Frederikshavn to the rest of Denmark.