Malmö Central Station

Malmö Central Station
Southern facade and bus terminal
Location	Malmö, Malmö Sweden
Coordinates	55°36′34″N 13°00′03″E / 55.60944°N 13.00083°E / 55.60944; 13.00083Coordinates: 55°36′34″N 13°00′03″E / 55.60944°N 13.00083°E / 55.60944; 13.00083
Elevation	3 m (9.8 ft)
Owned by	Jernhusen
Operated by	SJ Skånetrafiken Oresundtrain
Line(s)	Southern Main Line, City Tunnel
Distance	617.8 km (383.9 mi) from Stockholm C
History
Opened	1856

Malmö Central Station (Swedish: Malmö centralstation) is a railway station on the Southern Main Line in Malmö, Sweden opened in 1856. It serves approximately 17 million passengers per year, making it the third busiest in Sweden behind and Gothenburg Central Station, if counting all embarking and disemberking train passengers at this station. But by counting all passengers at Helsingborg Central station, including the ferry passengers at the HH Ferry route, this would stir the passenger top list around. Further is Stockholm Central station to become much smaller in the future, as all commuter trains which stop there, no longer will be doing so when a new tunnel under Stockholm is inaugurated around 2020. In general are all figures considering the largest railway stations in Sweden unclear and estimated rather than meassured. And ticket statistics doesn't help either, as many ticket types are valid for any of the three large stations in Malmö City.

With the opening of City Tunnel in 2010, the station began through services connecting south to Copenhagen via the Oresund Line, to stations north on the Southern Main Line, saving at least 15 minutes for through passengers.

Malmö Station was first opened in 1856, coinciding with the opening of the Malmö–Lund railway. At the time, the area was considered the outer edge of the city, but was convenient to Copenhagen-bound ferries, which loaded and unloaded in the Inre hamnen right in front of the station building.

The building was nearly destroyed in a fire ten years later, on 14 December 1866. When the building was reconstructed, the bell tower was kept. That part, between the platforms and the square Centralplan, was reopened in 1872.

More and more lines were built and consequently more and more tracks and train sheds were needed. The new train shed with four new tracks opened in 1891. The Malmö-Kontinentens Järnväg from Malmö to Trelleborg was built in 1898. In 1926, Malmö Central Station became the station's official name.