Tolne railway station is a railway station serving the village of Tolne in Tolne hills in Vendsyssel, Denmark.
The station is located on the Vendsyssel Line from Aalborg to Frederikshavn, between Sindal station and Kvissel station. The train services are operated by the Nordjyske Jernbaner railway company that runs frequent regional train services to Aalborg and Frederikshavn.
History The station opened in 1873 as a halt on the new Nørresundby-Frederikshavn railway line as the branch from Nørresundby to Frederikshavn opened on 16 August 1871. It was promoted to a station in 1879 when the station building designed by N.P.C. Holsøe was completed.
On 7 January 1879, at the opening of the Limfjord Railway Bridge, the Vendsyssel line was connected with Aalborg station, the Randers-Aalborg railway line and the rest of the Danish rail network.
On 12 June 1942, the station was the site of the Tolne railway crash, where a stopping passenger train from was hit head-on by a freight train from right in front of the station building. Two people were killed and five people were seriously injured in the accident.
The station was closed in 1972 but continued as a halt. The station building was demolished in 1985. In 2017, operation of the regional rail services on the Vendsyssel Line to Aalborg and Frederikshavn were transferred from the national railway company DSB to the regional railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner.
See also
List of railway stations in Denmark Rail transport in Denmark History of rail transport in Denmark
References Citations
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External links
Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network Nordjyske Jernbaner – Danish railway company operating in North Jutland Region Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark Nordjyllands Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in North Jutland