Firhøj station

Firhøj
Railway station
Location Firhøjvej 66
DK-3250 Gilleleje
Denmark
Coordinates 56°05′53.37″N 12°21′17.04″E / 56.0981583°N 12.3547333°E / 56.0981583; 12.3547333Coordinates: 56°05′53.37″N 12°21′17.04″E / 56.0981583°N 12.3547333°E / 56.0981583; 12.3547333
Owned by Hovedstadens Lokalbaner
Operated by Lokaltog
Line(s) Hornbæk Line
History
Opened 1916
Services
Preceding station   Lokaltog   Following station
toward Helsingør
Hornbæk Line
Local train
toward Gilleleje
Location
Firhøj
Location within Denmark

Firhøj station is a railway station serving the settlements of Firhøj and Munkerup near Gilleleje in North Zealand, Denmark.

The station is located on the Hornbæk Line from Helsingør to Gilleleje. The train services are currently operated by the railway company Lokaltog which runs frequent local train services between Helsingør station and Gilleleje station.

History

The station opened in 1916 as the Helsingør-Hornbæk railway line from Helsingør along the coast of the Øresund to Hornbæk was continued from Hornbæk station onwards along the coast to Gilleleje.

In 1997, two trains collided frontally in a head-on collision after one passed a red signal leaving Firhøj station. Both drivers were killed.

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