Alken station is a railway station serving the village of Alken in East Jutland, Denmark.[1]

Alken
railway station
Alken station in 2015
General information
Location	Alkenvej 44 Alken 8680 Ry[1] Denmark
Coordinates	56°3′5″N 9°50′50″E
Owned by	Banedanmark
Operated by	Arriva[1]
Line(s)	Skanderborg-Skjern Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
History
Opened	2 May 1871[2]
Services
Preceding station Arriva Following station Ry towards Skjern Aarhus–Skjern Regional train Skanderborg towards Aarhus Central
Location
Alken Location within Denmark

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 Arriva which run frequent regional train services between Aarhus and Herning.[1]

See also

• List of railway stations in Denmark

References

Bibliography

• Jensen, Niels (1978). Østjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03852-7.

External links

Media related to Alken Station at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
• (in Danish) Arriva – British multinational 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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