Hvalsø railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Kirke Hvalsø between the cities of Roskilde, Holbæk and Ringsted on the island of Zealand, Denmark.
Hvalsø railway station is situated on the Northwest Line from to . The station opened in 1874. It offers regional rail services to , and Copenhagen operated by the national railway company DSB.
History Hvalsø railway station opened on 30 December 1874 as one of the original intermediate stations on the Northwest Line between and .
Hvalsø became a short-lived railway junction in the period when the Central Zealand railway line between and crossed the Northwest Line here. The section from to Hvalsø opened on 15 August 1925, and the section from Hvalsø to opened on 17 November 1928, but both sections were already closed on 15 May 1936.
Architecture
The original and still existing station building from 1874 was designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.
Services The station offers frequent regional rail services to , and Copenhagen operated by the national railway company DSB.
Gallery
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 DSB – national Danish train operating company Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark