Nørre Nebel railway station is a railway station serving the small railway town of

Nørre Nebel Nørre Nebel is a town in southwest Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 1,309 (1 January 2024).West Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

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. The station is the northern

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of the

Varde–Nørre Nebel railway line The Varde–Nørre Nebel railway line (), also called the West Line () and the Nebel Line (), colloquially referred to as ''Nebelgrisen'' (literally meaning the ''Nebel pig''), is a long local railway line in West Jutland, Denmark. It was opene ...

from

Varde Varde is a Danish city in southwestern Jutland and is the primary city in the municipality of Varde, in Region of Southern Denmark. In 2015 municipality changed its motto to "We in nature" to emphasize its rural atmosphere. The town has an old ma ...

Nørre Nebel Nørre Nebel is a town in southwest Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 1,309 (1 January 2024).Oksbøl Oksbøl is a town in southwestern Jutland in the Varde Municipality, in Region of Southern Denmark. As of 1 January 2024, it has a population of 2,840. Oksbøl Refugee Camp houses the refugee museum FLUGT, which opened in 2022. The museum descri ...

. The station opened in 1903. The train services are currently operated by GoCollective which run frequent

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services from Nørre Nebel to and with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.

History

The station opened on 15 March 1903 to serve as the northern

of the new

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from

Nørre Nebel Nørre Nebel is a town in southwest Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 1,309 (1 January 2024).Esbjerg–Struer railway line The Esbjerg–Struer railway line (, also known as the ''West Jutland longitudinal railway line'' (), is a long standard gauge single track (rail), single track railway line in Denmark which runs between the cities of Esbjerg and Struer, Denmark, ...

, but this section was closed again in 1940.

Architecture

The original and still existing station building from 1903 was built to designs by the Danish architect

Heinrich Wenck Heinrich (Henry) Emil Charles Wenck (10 March 1851 – 3 February 1936) was a Danish architect, known for the numerous railway stations he designed in his capacity of chief architect for the Danish State Railways from 1894 to 1921. During the yea ...

(1851–1936), known for the numerous

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

s he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the

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Operations

Train services

The train services are currently operated by the private public transport operating company GoCollective which run frequent

services from Nørre Nebel station to and with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.

References

Citations

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External links

Vestbanen A/S
– the railway company which owns the Varde–Nørre Nebel railway line
GoCollective
– private public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
Danske Jernbaner
– website with information on railway history in Denmark {{DEFAULTSORT:Norre Nebel Station Buildings and structures in Varde Municipality Railway stations in the Region of Southern Denmark Railway stations in Denmark opened in 1903 Heinrich Wenck railway stations