Aalborg railway station ( or ') is the main

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serving the city of

Aalborg Aalborg or Ålborg ( , , ) is Denmark's List of cities and towns in Denmark, fourth largest urban settlement (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an Urban area, urban populati ...

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. It is located in central Aalborg, on the southwestern edge of the city center, with entrances from John F. Kennedys Plads and access to platforms from Kildeparken. Aalborg railway station is serving as a connecting hub for rail traffic between North Jutland and the rest of Denmark. It offers direct

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and

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services to

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operated by DSB, and

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services to

Skørping Skørping is a railway town in Rebild Municipality in Region Nordjylland in the geographic region of the Jutland peninsula known as ''Himmerland'' in northern Denmark. The modern town has a population of 3,076 as of 1 January 2024.Frederikshavn Frederikshavn () is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland, on the northeast coast on the North Jutlandic Island in northern Denmark. Its name translates to "Frederik's harbor". It was originally named Fladstrand. The ...

operated by

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. The station is located immediately adjacent to the Aalborg bus station.

History

Aalborg railway station was inaugurated by King

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on 18 September 1869, with the opening of the new

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between Aalborg and

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from

Nørresundby Nørresundby () is a city in Aalborg Municipality, north of Limfjorden, in Vendsyssel, in Denmark. The urban area has a population of 24,436 (1 January 2025). It is located just north of Aalborg, which lies south of Limfjorden. Statistically it ...

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and

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. In 1897, the railway line from Nørresundby to

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and in 1899 the railway line from Nørresundby via

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to Frederikshavn opened. Although both railway lines were located north of the

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, almost all trains departed from Aalborg station. In 1899, the Aalborg-Hvalpsund railway line opened, which ran from Aalborg through the western part of the

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via

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in 1910). Initially, the railway line's train departed from Svenstrup station, but the trains ran all the way through to and from Aalborg from 8 December

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, when Aalborg's new railway station was opened. In 1900, the station also became the starting point for the Aalborg-Hadsund railway line, which ran from Aalborg through the eastern part of Himmerland to

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. The Sæby line was closed in 1968, while the Fjerritslev, Hvalpsund and Hadsund lines were closed in 1969. In 2003, Aalborg station became one of the stations served by the new Aalborg Commuter Rail service, which serves seven railway stations in the Greater Aalborg area between Nørresundby in the north and Skørping in the south. In 2017, the

services from Aalborg station to Skørping and Frederikshavn were transferred from DSB to the

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Architecture

The original station building from 1869 was designed by the Danish architect N.P.C. Holsøe. It was built in a mostly

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style and was located approximately 300 meters north of the current station building. In 1902, the first station building was torn down and the present station building opened. It was designed by the Danish architect Thomas Arboe. The station building was listed in 1992.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office which sells tickets for both domestic and international travel, a shop which sells food, drinks, newspapers and more. The railway station also includes a pay phone, a waiting room, luggage boxes, a photo booth, toilets and an accessible toilet. There is also an opportunity for both bicycle and car parking near the main entrance to the railway station. It is also possible to rent a car at the station or take a taxi. Aalborg Bus Terminal is also only across the street from the railway station.

Services

Aalborg station is serving as a connecting hub for rail traffic, connecting North Jutland with the rest of Denmark. It offers direct

and

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connections to

operated by the

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Cultural references

Aalborg station is seen at 0:37:00 and 0:52:19 in the 1977 ''

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'' film ''

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in North Jutland {{Thomas Arboe Ålborg station Railway stations in Aalborg Railway stations in Denmark opened in 1869 Thomas Arboe railway stations Niels Peder Christian Holsøe railway stations

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