Ølgod railway station

Location
	Ølgod Location within Denmark

Ølgod
Ølgod
Railway station
	Ølgod station in 2021
General information
Location	Jernbanegade 14; 6870 Ølgod; Varde Municipality; Denmark
Coordinates	55°48′40″N 8°37′22″E / 55.81111°N 8.62278°E
Owned by	Banedanmark
Operated by	GoCollective
Line(s)	Esbjerg-Struer railway line (since 1875);
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Architect	Niels Peder Christian Holsøe
History
Opened	8 August 1875
Services
Location
Location
	Ølgod Location within Denmark

Ølgod station is a railway station serving the railway town of Ølgod in West Jutland, Denmark.^[1]^[2]

Ølgod station is located on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line from Esbjerg to Struer. The station opened in 1875.^[4] It offers regional rail services to Aarhus, Esbjerg, Herning and Skjern, operated by the railway company GoCollective.^[1]

History

The station opened on 8 August 1875 as the section from Varde to Ringkøbing of the new Esbjerg–Struer railway line opened.^[4]

Like the other stations on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line, the still existing station building from 1875 was built to designs by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.^[3]

The station offers direct regional rail services to Esbjerg, Skjern, Herning and Aarhus, operated by the railway company GoCollective.^[1]

Jensen, Niels (1977). Vestjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03821-7.

(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