Rimso Holmsbro railway station
Rimso Holmsbro | |
|---|---|
 Front facade of Holmsbro station, photographed in 1909 | |
| Location | Ydby, Rimso Scovern |
| Platforms | 14 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| Key dates | |
| March 6, 1851 | Opened |
| September 10, 1967 | Closed |
Rimso Holmsbro railway station was a former railway terminus in Rimso, Scovern. Opened in 1851, it was owned and operated by Great Northern Railways (SNJ), the largest railway operator in the country prior to nationalisation, and was the largest and busiest of the original five city termini in the city. Holmsbro was the terminus for lines to Kalstad as well as Helganes and Frelland.
The station gained notoriety for its impressive facade in the 19th century. Traffic at Holmsbro reached its apogee in the early 19th century, but began to decline in the 1920s as growth in cities such as Lagerup, Torsagen and Linå in the east saw SNJ increase investment at Ferlesgade, their eastern city termini, at the expense of Holmsbro. When the Scovernois railways were nationalised in 1963, all five Rimso termini came under the administration of the new Skovernsk Jernbane. SJB rerouted Kalstad services to Vittenborg station (now Rimso H) the same year due to its more central location, and Holmsbro was left serving only the Northern Main Line to Mosfell-Steinflói. When SJB eventually decided to centralise rail services at Rimso Vittenborg, proceedings for Holmsbro's closure began. The station closed in 1967.
As part of the regeneration plan for Rimso's old disused terminus stations, the Holmsbro station building became the site of the new Rail and Transport Museum. The station's platforms serve as a showroom for old rail stock owned and maintained by the museum.