Middelfart railway station

Middelfart Station Middelfart Banegård
Railway station
Street facade of Middelfart station in 2009
General information
Location	Jernbanegade 39 DK-5500 Middelfart Middelfart Municipality Denmark
Coordinates	55°30′5″N 9°44′10″E
Elevation	10.4 metres (34 ft)
Owned by	Banedanmark and DSB
Operated by	DSB
Line(s)	Copenhagen–Fredericia Middelfart–Strib (closed 1995)
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
History
Opened	7 September 1865
Rebuilt	1935
Services
Preceding station DSB Following station Odense towards Copenhagen Central Copenhagen-Aalborg InterCity Fredericia towards Aalborg Odense towards Østerport Copenhagen–Esbjerg InterCity Kolding towards Esbjerg Kauslunde towards Odense Odense–Fredericia Regional train Fredericia Terminus
Location
Middelfart railway station Location within Denmark

Middelfart railway station (Danish: Middelfart Station or Middelfart Banegård) is a railway station serving the town of Middelfart on the western part of the island of Funen, Denmark. It is located in the centre of the town, on the southern edge of the historic town centre.

Middelfart station is located on the main line Copenhagen–Fredericia railway from Copenhagen to Funen and Jutland. The station offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen, Funen and Jutland, regional rail services to Fredericia and Odense operated by the national railway company DSB.

The current station is the second station in Nyborg. The first station in the town opened in 1865 as the western terminus of the Funen Main Line between Nyborg and Middelfart via Odense. The original station was the terminus of the Middelfart–Strib railway line, a short branch line to the harbour at Strib from where there was connection via railway ferry across the Little Belt to Fredericia in the Jutland peninsula. Middelfart station was moved to its current location in 1935 with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge.

History

The old station in Middelfart, 1888.

Map of Middelfart, 1899.

The current station is the second station in Middelfart. The first station in the town opened in 1865 as the western terminus of the socalled Queen Louise's Railway, the main line across the island of Funen between Nyborg and Middelfart via Odense. The station was inaugurated along with the railway line on Queen Louise's 48th birthday the 7 September 1865, with regular traffic commencing the following day.

The following year, on 1 november 1866, a short branch line, the Middelfart–Strib railway line, opened from Middelfart station to the harbour at Strib 5 kilometers north of Middelfart, from where there was connection via railway ferry across the Little Belt to Fredericia in the Jutland peninsula.

In 1935, with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge, Middelfart station was moved to its current location and a new and still existing station building was built.

See also

• Transportation in Denmark
• Rail transport in Denmark
• History of rail transport in Denmark
• List of railway stations in Denmark
• Danish State Railways
• Banedanmark

References

Bibliography

• Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
• Jensen, Niels (1976). Fynske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03736-9.

External links

• (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
• (in Danish) DSB – the Danish national train operating company
• (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark