Gilleleje railway station

Location
	Gilleleje Location within Denmark

Gilleleje
Gilleleje
railway station
	Front facade of Gilleleje station
General information
Location	Gilleleje Stationsvej 10; 3250 Gilleleje; Gribskov Municipality; Denmark
Coordinates	56°07′25″N 12°18′11″E / 56.1237°N 12.3030°E
Elevation	8.5 metres (28 ft)
Owned by	Hovedstadens Lokalbaner
Operated by	Lokaltog
Line(s)	Hornbæk Line ; Gribskov Line
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Architect	Heinrich Wenck
History
Opened	14 May 1896
Rebuilt	16 January 1918
Services
Location
Location
	Gilleleje Location within Denmark

Gilleleje station (Danish pronunciation: [kiləˈlɑjə stæˈɕoˀn]) is the main railway station serving the fishing town and seaside resort of Gilleleje on the north coast of the island of Zealand, Denmark.^[1]^[2]

The station is the terminus of the Hornbæk Line from Helsingør to Gilleleje and of the Gilleleje branch of the Gribskov Line from Hillerød to Gilleje. The train services are currently operated by the railway company Lokaltog which runs frequent local train services from Gilleleje to Helsingør station and Hillerød station with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.^[4]

The station opened in 1896, and its second and current station building designed by the architect Heinrich Wenck was inaugurated in 1918.^[3]^[5]

History

The station opened in 1896 with the opening of the Græsted-Gilleleje section of the Gribskov railway line and served as the northern terminus of the branch line from Hillerød to Gilleleje.^[3]

In 1916, Gilleleje was also connected with Elsinore as the Hornbæk-Gilleleje section of the Hornbæk railway line was opened.^[3] However, from the opening in 1916, the railway halt Østerport served as the terminus of the Hornbæk Railway Line in Gilleleje, as it was not possible to reach an agreement with the Gribskov Line about a joint station in Gilleleje. On 16 January 1918, however, the new Gilleleje station serving both railway lines was inaugurated.^[3]^[6] In connection with this, the station was moved a short distance to the west, and a new and larger station building was constructed. The original station building initially remained standing but was demolished in 1961.^[3]

Until 1959 an industrial track connected Gilleleje station with Gilleleje harbour.

Architecture

Gilleleje station's second and current station building from 1918 was designed by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck, known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways from 1894 to 1921.^[5]

Facilities

The station building contains ticket sales, a waiting room and toilets.^[1]

Operations

LINT 41 railcar to Hillerød calling at Gilleleje station in September 2013.

Since 2015, the train services from the station are operated by the regional railway company Lokaltog A/S which operates in the Capital Region and Region Zealand.^[4]

Lokaltog runs frequent local train services from Gilleleje station to Helsingør station and Hillerød station with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.^[4] There is continuous operation, such that the trains from one railway line continue along the other and vice versa.

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lokaltogs salgssteder" (in Danish). Lokaltog A/S. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Gilleleje Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Gilleleje Station". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Om Lokaltog". lokaltog.dk (in Danish). Lokaltog A/S. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Vigand Rasmussen. "Heinrich Wenck". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
^ "Helsingør-Hornbæk-Gilleleje Banen (Hornbækbanen)" (in Danish). Jernbanen.dk. Retrieved 15 October 2014.

Bibliography

Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
Jensen, Niels (1975). Nordsjællandske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03671-0.