Skørping station
Description
Skørping station is a Danish railway station, located in the town of Skørping south of Aalborg, Denmark. The station is located on the Randers-Aalborg Line from Randers to Aalborg and is the southern terminus of the Aalborg Commuter Rail service. The train services are operated by DSB.HistoryThe station opened in 1889. In 2003 it became the southern terminus of the new Aalborg Commuter Rail service.OperationsThe train services are operated by DSB. The station offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen and Frederikshavn, regional train services to Aarhus and Frederikshavn as well as commuter train services to Lindholm station in Nørresundby.In literatureDanish writer Herman Bang's novel Ved Vejen was inspired by an incident in 1883 when he was passing through Skørping Station. He noticed a young woman at the window who, her pale face couched in her hands, stared after his departing train. In the introduction to Stille Eksistenser he explains: "For the rest of the journey, I could see the woman's face between the flowers. Her look was not quite one of longing — longing would have perhaps fluttered to death by breaking its wings in such tight confines — just a quite resignation, a waning sorrow. And when the train had slid by, she would be peering out with the same look over Egnens Lyng — over the dreary plain."