Frederiksberg Station

Frederiksberg
Copenhagen Metro Station
Coordinates	55°40′52.3″N 12°31′56″E / 55.681194°N 12.53222°E / 55.681194; 12.53222Coordinates: 55°40′52.3″N 12°31′56″E / 55.681194°N 12.53222°E / 55.681194; 12.53222
Owned by	Metroselskabet
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Fare zone	1 and 2
Services
Preceding station   Copenhagen Metro   Following station Fasanvej toward Vanløse M1 Forum toward Vestamager M2 Forum toward Lufthavnen
Location
Frederiksberg Location within Copenhagen

Frederiksberg Station is a rapid transit station opened in 2003 on the Copenhagen Metro in Frederiksberg, Denmark. It serves the M1 and M2 lines and connects with bus services. It is located in fare zones 1 and 2. Once completed in 2017, the station will also serve M3—the City Circle Line—providing an interchange between it and the existing Metro lines.

Frederiksberg station opened on 17 October 1864 as an intermediate station on the main line between Copenhagen and Roskilde when the inner portion of that line was reloctated from Copenhagen's first station to the second central station at present-day Kampmannsgade, which also served North Line. West of Frederiksberg the line ran southwest to Vigerslev (near the present Danshøj station) from which it followed the current alignment towards Roskilde.

In 1879 a branch line towards Frederikssund opened and connected to the main line at Frederiksberg. Its innermost part followed what is now the route of the Metro between Frederiksberg and Vanløse. In 1896 a double-tracked connection for freight opened between Frederiksberg and North Line's station at Nørrebro (located at today's Nørrebroparken). Frederiksberg was now a sizeable railway junction with lines leaving in four directions. It grew to be a busy freight destination too, particularly with deliveries of fresh milk to several dairies located at Nyelandsvej north of the station.

In 1911, Copenhagen Central Station was relocated once more, to its present position. The new main line did not pass Frederiksberg, and for some years Frederiksberg had no passenger service at all. Following local protests, a modest passenger service was reestablished from 1914, in the form of a few shuttle trains a day to and from Vanløse. Throughout this period, freight traffic through Frederiksberg remained high, as the new central station was for passenger trains only. All freight towards destinations north of Copenhagen still passed through Frederiksberg on the old mainline from Vigerslev and the connecting curve to Nørrebro.

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