Landskrona Station

The Landskrona Station was opened in 2001 to replace the original station in town which is now used as a freight only station. The little metal flag on the top of the roof has the year 2000 on it which I assume means it was built in 2000. Both Pågatåg and Öresundtåg stop here providing easy transport links to pretty much anywhere in Sweden and to Denmark.

In the picture above a train is departing the station heading towards Helsingborg and leaving some nice light trails in it's wake.

Spår 1a vid klockan tre (Track 1a at 3 o'clock)

At Helsingborg Station, waiting for departure to Malmö on the Öresundståg. Taken through the train window.
Vid Helsingborgs station och väntar på avfärd till Malmö på Öresundståg. Fattas genom tågfönstret.


...and yes, the blog is slowly going to become bilingual, with apologies in advance for my less than perfect Swedish!
... och ja, bloggen kommer att långsamt bli tvåspråkiga, med ursäkter i förväg för min mindre än perfekt svenska!

(Google Translate is my friend!)
;-)

Hamlet and Ophelia - Helsingør Station

The statues of Hamlet and Ophelia, from Shakespeare's play "Hamlet", grace the railway station in Helsingør. They apparently are only here temporarily after being moved to several locations since they were crafted in 1937. They have been here since 2008, and I hope they stay here as they really fit with the beautiful architecture of the station building, and of course they have a view from here of the castle in Helsingør that is believed to have inspired Shakespeare as the castle that Hamlet was based in. They were made by the Danish artist Rudolph Tegner, who was also supposed to do a statue of Shakespeare at the same time but apparently, for some reason, never got around to doing it.


Isn't history fun!? :-)