Ry station is a railway station serving the railway town of Ry in the Søhøjlandet (English: the Lake-highland) area of Central Jutland, Denmark.[1] The station is situated in the centre of the town, and c. 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the original town of Rye which is now much smaller than the railway town.
Ry | |||||||||||
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 Ry station in 2011 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Klostervej 3 8680 Ry[1] Skanderborg Municipality Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°5′27″N 9°45′32″E / 56.09083°N 9.75889°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 31.2 metres (102 ft)[2] | ||||||||||
| System | railway station | ||||||||||
| Owned by | DSB (station infrastructure)[3] Banedanmark (rail infrastructure)[3] | ||||||||||
| Line | Skanderborg-Skjern Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | GoCollective[4] | ||||||||||
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| Architect | N.P.C. Holsøe[5] Heinrich Wenck[6] Knud Tanggaard Seest[7] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2 May 1871[2] | ||||||||||
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The station is located on the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line from Skanderborg to Skjern. The station opened on 2 May 1871 with the Skanderborg-Silkeborg section of the Skanderborg-Skjern railway.[2] The train services are currently operated by GoCollective which run frequent regional train services between Aarhus and Herning.[1]
Architecture
editThe station building was designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe.[5] It was later rebuilt by the Danish railway architects Heinrich Wenck[6] and Knud Tanggaard Seest.[7]
Gallery
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Ry station at the end of the 20th century. Painting by Vilhelm Kyhn.
Station building of Ry station in 2012
Level crossing at Ry station in 2012
See also
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References
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edit- 1 2 3 "Ry Station" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- 1 2 3 Ry Station (Ry) on Danske Jernbaner
- 1 2 "Analyse af de danske jernbanestationer" (PDF) (in Danish). Ministry of Transport. April 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ↑ "Om GoCollective – Tog" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- 1 2 Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- 1 2 Vigand Rasmussen. "Heinrich Wenck". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- 1 2 Jørgen Hegner Christiansen. "K.T. Seest". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
Bibliography
edit- Jensen, Niels (1978). Østjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03852-7.
External links
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- (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
- (in Danish) GoCollective – private public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
- (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark
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