Skanderborg railway station
Skanderborg railway station is a railway station serving the town of Skanderborg in East Jutland, Denmark.
The station is located on the Fredericia–Aarhus railway line from Fredericia to Aarhus and is the eastern terminus of the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line from Skanderborg to Skjern. It offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen, Hamburg, Aarhus and Aalborg as well as regional train services to Aarhus, Fredericia, Esbjerg, Herning, Skjern and Struer. The train services are operated by DSB and GoCollective.
History
Skanderborg station was opened in 1868 with the opening of the Fredericia–Aarhus railway line from Fredericia to Aarhus. In 1871, Skanderborg station also became the eastern terminus of the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line.
Operations
The train services are operated by DSB and GoCollective. The station offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen, Flensburg, Aarhus and Aalborg as well as regional train services to Aarhus, Fredericia, Esbjerg, Herning, Skjern and Struer.
Skanderborg station is the setting for the famous poem Rejseminder by the Danish Neo-romantic poet Sophus Claussen. Published in 1899, the poem describes a meeting at Skanderborg station.
The long-running Danish pop rock band TV-2 included a song titled På Skanderborg Station on their 1985 album Rigtige Mænd (Gider Ikke Høre Mere Vrøvl).