Aalborg railway station was inaugurated by King
Christian IX of Denmark on 18 September 1869, with the opening of the new
Randers–Aalborg railway line between Aalborg and
Randers. Daily operations began the next day with three trains daily in each direction. In 1879, at the opening of the
Limfjord Railway Bridge, Aalborg station was connected with the
Vendsyssel Line from
Nørresundby to
Hjørring and
Frederikshavn. In 1897, the railway line from Nørresundby to
Fjerritslev and in 1899 the railway line from Nørresundby via
Sæby to Frederikshavn opened. Although both railway lines were located north of the
Limfjord, almost all trains departed from Aalborg station. In 1899, the
Aalborg-Hvalpsund railway line opened, which ran from Aalborg through the western part of the
peninsula of
Himmerland via
Nibe to
Aars (extended to
Hvalpsund in 1910). Initially, the railway line's train departed from
Svenstrup station, but the trains ran all the way through to and from Aalborg from
8 December 1902, when Aalborg's new railway station was opened. In 1900, the station also became the starting point for the
Aalborg-Hadsund railway line, which ran from Aalborg through the eastern part of Himmerland to
Hadsund. The Sæby line was closed in 1968, while the Fjerritslev, Hvalpsund and Hadsund lines were closed in 1969. In 2003, Aalborg station became one of the stations served by the new
Aalborg Commuter Rail service, which serves seven railway stations in the Greater Aalborg area between Nørresundby in the north and Skørping in the south. In 2017, the
regional rail services from Aalborg station to Skørping and Frederikshavn were transferred from DSB to the
railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner. == Architecture ==