Knabstrup railway station
Knabstrup railway station is a railway station serving the small railway town of Knabstrup between the cities of Holbæk and Kalundborg on the island of Zealand, Denmark. The station is located in the centre of the town near its main artery Holbækgade. Knabstrup Manor, where the horse breed Knabstrupper was bred, is located southeast of the station.
Knabstrup railway station is situated on the Northwest Line from to. The station opened in 1876. It offers regional rail services to,, and Copenhagen operated by the national railway company DSB.
History
Knabstrup station was not one of the original stations on the Northwest Line between and which opened on 30 December 1874. Instead, the owner of the nearby Knabstrup Manor financed the establishment of a stop with a shot industrial track to the estate's brickworks, which opened on 1 April 1876. Subsequently, a station town developed around the station, where some of the factory workers of the brickworks lived.In 1892, the Danish State Railways took over the station, and in 1893 Knabstrup became a real station which served passengers, luggage and freight.