page_title: Skagen station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Skagen station / History
caption_attribution_description: Skagensbanen (SB) was one of many one branch private operations in Denmark. Operating from Frederikshavn to Skagen with both passenger and freight. Back on 18 September 1997 4-car set of "Lynette" DMUs powered by YM4 &amp; Ym5 (in red livery) are ready to work train 61, 15:38 Skagen to Frederikshavn. No surprises as with other private operations, company is now under a different name having merged with Nordjyske Jernbaner.
context_page_description: Skagen railway station is the main railway station serving the town of Skagen in Vendsyssel, Denmark.
  The station is the northern terminus of the Skagensbanen railway line from Frederikshavn to Skagen and is the most northerly railway station in Denmark. The station opened in 1890 and the current station building was built in 1919. The train services are currently operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner which run frequent local train services between Skagen and Frederikshavn with onward connections from Frederikshavn to the rest of Denmark.
context_section_description: The station opened in 1890 to serve as terminus of the new narrow gauge railway line from Frederikshavn to Skagen. In 1924, the railway line was converted to standard gauge to avoid the need to transfer cargoes of fish in Frederikshavn. As a consequence of the conversion, the layout of Skagen station was extensively changed.
  For a period, the Skagen tourist information centre was located in the station building, but in 2006 it moved to its current location by the Skagen Harbour.
caption: Skagen station in 1997.
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