Nykøbing Sjælland Station | |
Native Name: | Nykøbing Sjælland Banegård |
Type: | Terminal railway station |
Address: | Jernbanevej 4 4500 Nykøbing Sjælland |
Borough: | Odsherred Municipality |
Country: | Denmark |
Coordinates: | 55.9219°N 11.6739°W |
Line: | Odsherred Line |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Opened: | 17 May 1899 |
Operator: | Lokaltog |
Architect: | Heinrich Wenck[1] |
Map Type: | Denmark#Denmark Region Zealand |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
Nykøbing Sjælland railway station (Danish: Nykøbing Sjælland Station or Nykøbing Sjælland Banegård) is the main railway station serving the town of Nykøbing Sjælland on the Odsherred peninsula in northwestern Zealand, Denmark.
Nykøbing Sjælland station is the northern terminus of the Odsherredsbanen branch line from Holbæk to Nykøbing Sjælland. The station opened in 1899 with the opening of the Odsherredsbanen railway line. Its station building was built to designs by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck.[1] It offers frequent local train services to operated by the regional railway company Lokaltog with onward connections from Holbæk to the rest of the Danish rail network.
The station opened on 17 May 1899 to serve as northern terminus of the new railway line from Holbæk through the Odsherred peninsula to Nykøbing Sjælland.
The train services are currently operated by the regional railway company Lokaltog which run frequent local train services from Nykøbing Sjælland station to with onward connections from Holbæk to the rest of the Danish rail network.
The original station building from 1899 still exists. It was built to designs by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck (1851 - 1936), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.[1]