S-train and DSB station | |
Front facade seen from Vesterbrogade
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Location | Bernstorffsgade 16–22 DK-1557 Copenhagen V |
Coordinates | 55°40′22″N 12°33′52″E / 55.67278°N 12.56444°ECoordinates: 55°40′22″N 12°33′52″E / 55.67278°N 12.56444°E |
Owned by | DSB |
Operated by | DSB |
Platforms | 7 |
Tracks | 13 |
Construction | |
Architect | Heinrich Wenck |
History | |
Opened | 1 December 1911 |
Rebuilt | 15 May 1934 (S-train) |
Electrified | 1934 (S-train), 1986 (Mainline) |
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Copenhagen Central Station (Danish: Københavns Hovedbanegård, abbreviated København H) is the main railway station in Copenhagen, Denmark and the largest railway station in Denmark, although Nørreport Station has a larger passenger throughput if urban S-train and Metro services are included. It is situated between the districts of Indre By and Vesterbro with entrances from Bernstorffsgade (at Tivoli Gardens), Banegårdspladsen, Reventlowsgade and access to platforms from Tietgensgade.
Copenhagen Central Station is the hub of the DSB railway network serving Denmark and international destinations. It offers InterCity and Express trains services across Denmark, as well as services to several international destinations, regular and frequent regional train services to and from Zealand and southern Sweden (also referred to as Øresund trains). The station also services the Copenhagen S-train network, but the S-train system in Copenhagen doesn't use any kind of hub at all. It is an urban transit which differs from most Metro systems mainly by being a type of railway. At the station are two platforms with four tracks that are used by the S-trains only. All other trains usually use the other four platforms and eight tracks.
In addition to the original 6 island-platforms and their 12 tracks, has one additional track constructed much later. The single spare track, called track 26, was initially built for trains to southern Sweden, while Malmö C still was a terminus. It has later occasionally been used for express trains to or from Sweden or to or from Norway.