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

Laven
railway station
Laven station in 2014
General information
Location	Dynæsvej Laven 8600 Silkeborg[1] Denmark
Coordinates	56°7′29″N 9°43′3″E
Owned by	Banedanmark
Operated by	Arriva
Line(s)	Skanderborg-Skjern Line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Architect	N.P.C. Holsøe[2]
History
Opened	2 May 1871[3]
Services
Preceding station Arriva Following station Svejbæk towards Skjern Aarhus–Skjern Regional train Ry towards Aarhus Central
Location
Laven 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.[3] The train services are currently operated by Arriva which run frequent regional train services between Aarhus and Herning.[1]

Architecture

The station building was designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe.[2] The station building has later been torn down.[3]

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 Laven 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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