Esbjerg Station

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Arriving in style

Esbjerg grew up by the harbour that opened in 1874, and around the rail link east and north that was built in 1872-75. In 1904, Esbjerg was blessed with a monumental red brick station designed by DSB's chief architect Heinrich Wenck. The building has a two-storey central section with attic rooms and a slate roof. It is flanked by two one-storey wings and has four towers on the facade. Wenck designed Gedser station at the same time. It was for passengers arriving from southern countries. As well as towers, it also has gun slits. Wenck must have thought Esbjerg more peaceful.

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The shed" lasts 30 years "

Story written by Poul Thestrup

Time / Periode 1904

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When Esbjerg's first station opened in 1874, the town was just getting established. The station was classified as a 3rd class town station to start with. It was considered unimportant, so and Esbjerg had to make do with a 30-metre-long and 8-metre-wide wooden building with vertical external cladding and tarred roofing felt. But from the first time the whistle blew, it had waiting rooms for both second and third class passengers. It was nicknamed the Shed". By the 1890s, Esbjerg had grown into Denmark's third-largest goods station. Although its passengers deserved much better, the shed served its purpose until Heinrich Wenck's building opened in 1904. It was listed in 1983. "