Helsingør Station

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Helsingør
DSB station and Lokalbanen station

The station building from 1891

Station statistics

Address

2 Stationspladsen

3000 Helsingør

Coordinates

56°02′01″N 12°36′52″E / 56.03361°N 12.61444°ECoordinates: 56°02′01″N 12°36′52″E / 56.03361°N 12.61444°E

Connections

Bus terminal

Other information

Opened

24 October 1891

Owned by

DSB

Services

Preceding station		Danske Statsbaner		Following station
Snekkersten toward Helsingør		Kystbanen		Terminus

Helsingør Station is the principal railway station of Helsingør, Denmark. It is the terminus of the Coast Line to Copenhagen, the Little North Line to Hillerød and the Hornbæk Line to Gilleleje. It also provides easy access to the ferries to Helsingborg, Sweden.

History

The railway station under construction in 1891

The first railway station in Helsingør was built in connection with the opening of the North Line from Copenhagen to Helsingør by way of Hillerød in 1863. It was replaced by the current station which was inaugurated on 24 October 1891. The station building was designed by Niels Peder Christian Holsøe in collaboration with Heinrich Wenck.^[1]

Architecture

Located on former sea bed, the station building rests on 1,600 poles embedded into the ground.

The station building is designed in a Neo-Renaissance style locally known as Rosenborg Style after Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen. It imitates Christian IV's Dutch Renaissance-style buildings from the first half of the 17th century and is characterized by red brickwork combined with sandstone ornamentation Dutch gables and an abundance of turrets with copper-clad spires.

The main entrance is flanked by marble columns. The room facing the sea, which now houses a restaurant, originally served as private chambers for the royal family.

In 1984, DSB embarked on a comprehensive restoration of the station building. It included new tiles in the original patterns on floors and exposure and restoration of the original decorations on walls and cealings. The work was completed in 1987.

References

↑ "Helsingør Station" (in Danish). Helsingør Leksikon. Retrieved 2013-05-15.

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