Glostrup station

Glostrup
S-train station
Location	5 Banegårdspladsen, Glostrup
Coordinates	55°39′46.5″N 12°23′50″E / 55.662917°N 12.39722°ECoordinates: 55°39′46.5″N 12°23′50″E / 55.662917°N 12.39722°E
Owned by	DSB
Platforms	1 Island platform in use
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	26 June 1847 (Mainline) 17 June 1953 (S-train)
Closed	2008 (Mainline)
Electrified	1953 (S-train), 1988 (Mainline)
Services
Preceding station   S-train   Following station Albertslund toward Høje Taastrup Bx Danshøj toward Østerport B Brøndbyøster toward Holte

Glostrup station is a commuter rail railway station serving the railway town/suburb of Glostrup west of Copenhagen, Denmark.

It is located on the Høje Taastrup radial of Copenhagen's S-train network. It is located close to the historical, administrative and commercial centre of Glostrup Municipality, but also serves Brøndbyvester in Brøndby Municipality, whose boundary comes within a few hundred metres from the station.

In front of the station is a major bus terminal from which local and express buses go in many directions.

Glostup is one of the few remaining stations in Copenhagen that is an active rail freight destination. Sidings to industries west, south, and east of the station emerge from a small freight yard south of the long-distance tracks.

History

Glostrup was one of the original stations on the railway from Copenhagen to Roskilde that opened in 1847.

From 17 June 1953 to 26 May 1963 Glostrup was the western endpoint of the S-train network. After the S-train line was extended to Taastrup in 1963, trains on the long-distance tracks ceased calling at Glostrup, but the long-distance platform was kept for use during disturbances in the service.

From 2000 to early 2005, direct regional trains between Roskilde and Copenhagen Airport stopped at the long-distance platform at Glostrup, but this service was ceased in order to free up capacity on the congested long-distance tracks.

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