Høje Taastrup station

Høje Taastrup
S-train and DSB station
Location 5 Banestrøget, Taastrup
Coordinates 55°38′55″N 12°16′09″E / 55.64861°N 12.26917°E / 55.64861; 12.26917Coordinates: 55°38′55″N 12°16′09″E / 55.64861°N 12.26917°E / 55.64861; 12.26917
Owned by DSB
Platforms 3 Island platforms
Tracks 6
History
Opened 31 May 1986
Electrified 1986 (S-train), 1988 (Mainline)
Services
Preceding station   S-train   Following station
TerminusBx
toward Østerport
B
toward Holte
Preceding station   Danske Statsbaner   Following station
Copenhagen-Aarhus-Struer
InterCity
toward Struer
Copenhagen-Herning-Struer-Thisted
InterCity
toward Thisted
Copenhagen - Frederikshavn
InterCity
Copenhagen-Esbjerg
InterCity
toward Esbjerg
Copenhagen-Sønderborg/Padborg
InterCity
toward Sønderborg or Padborg
toward Helsingør
Elsinore-Roskilde
Hedehusene
toward Roskilde
Copenhagen-Roskilde
Copenhagen-Odense
Hedehusene
toward Odense
toward Østerport
Copenhagen-Nykøbing F/Rødby/Gedser
toward Rødby Færge or Gedser
Copenhagen-Kalundborg
Hedehusene
toward Kalundborg
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
Terminus
ICE 75
Næstved
towards Berlin Ost

Høje Taastrup station is a railway station in Høje-Taastrup municipality, Denmark, opened on 31 May 1986.

The station is one of the largest in Denmark. It is the terminus of S-train services B including a few, weekday mornings extra departures, labeled as B+ but which really isn't a real line, on the Taastrup radial. The station is further served by regional, InterCity and even international trains.

At the south end of the railroad station complex stands "Thor's Tower" (Torstårnet), the tallest sculpture in the Nordic countries. The railway station itself has three distinctive arches, which have become a symbol of the municipality, and have given rise to the moniker "The City of Arches" (Danish: Buernes By, which in a play on words sounds remarkably similar to the phrase Byernes By or "The City of Cities").

Høje Taastrup Station in 1994

References

    External links

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