Hellerup railway station

Hellerup station is a regional and S-train railway station serving the suburb of Hellerup north of Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] The station is an important junction which is served by regional trains on the Coast Line, as well as several lines of the Copenhagen S-train network.

Hellerup
main line and S-train railway station
Hellerup station in 2018
General information
LocationRyvangs Allé 79C
2900 Hellerup[1]
Copenhagen Municipality
Denmark
Coordinates55°43′52″N 12°34′00″E / 55.73111°N 12.56667°E / 55.73111; 12.56667
Elevation9.3 metres (31 ft)[2]
Owned byDSB
Line(s)
Platforms4
Tracks7
ConnectionsBus terminal
Other information
Station codeHl
Fare zone2/30
History
Opened22 July 1863; 161 years ago (22 July 1863)
Rebuilt3 April 1934 (S-train)
Electrified1934 (S-train)
1986 (Kystbanen)
Services
Preceding station Danish State Railways DSB Following station
Klampenborg
towards Helsingør
ElsinoreCopenhagenKøgeNæstved Østerport
towards Næstved
ElsinoreCopenhagenRoskildeNæstved
Preceding station S-train Following station
Ryparken F Terminus
Svanemøllen C Charlottenlund
towards Klampenborg
Svanemøllen A Lyngby
towards Hillerød
Svanemøllen
towards Køge
E
Mon–Fri
Bernstorffsvej
towards Holte
Location
Hellerup is located in Greater Copenhagen
Hellerup
Hellerup
Location within Greater Copenhagen
Hellerup is located in Denmark
Hellerup
Hellerup
Hellerup (Denmark)
Map

History

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The station was designed by V.C.H. Wolf and opened on 22 July 1863, simultaneously with the start of service on the Klampenborg line. The station was among the first on Copenhagen's S-train network. The first S-train line (Klampenborg station to Vanløse station) included Hellerup station. This was in 1934 and the S-trains initially followed the northern path of today's F-line. Hellerup station was the fourth station from Klampenborg and the fourth from Vanløse. Since then the southern part of the F-line has a new path and several new stations have opened, all south of Hellerup.

Services

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Platform level

The regional train lines goes from Nivå station to Copenhagen Airport via the City Centre, and from Helsingør via the City Centre to Copenhagen Airport and further (as Øresund train ) to Scania and some other provinces in southern Sweden. Each hour, six regional trains depart in each direction, a frequency which matches that of most S-train lines, and is unique among regional railway lines in and around Copenhagen.

The station also serves Copenhagen's S-train lines A, C, E, and F services. For the latter line the station is its northern end station or terminus. Weekdays there are 60 S-train departures every hour. There are twelve departures on Line-F (with 5 minutes between departures), and six departures in each direction for the other three lines. This gives 72 departing regional and S-trains every hour from the station's five platform tracks. This doesn't quite reflect the number of passengers who use the station, but it is still a rather important station.

Hellerup station is located within Copenhagen municipality, but the immediate surroundings form the Hellerup borough of Gentofte municipality. Central Hellerup is near the station and is along the main roads built up of blocks with 4 to 5 floors. In the smaller streets many of Copenhagen's largest villas can be found and the Hellerup area is one of the richest in Denmark.

Number of travellers

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According to the Østtællingen in 2008:[3]

Year Travelers Year Travelers Year Travelers Year Travelers
1957 8.626 1974 6.777 1991 7.612 2001 6.810
1960 8.098 1975 6.050 1992 7.725 2002 7.302
1962 8.319 1977 5.283 1993 7.524 2003 7.357
1964 8.161 1979 6.711 1995 8.097 2004 7.385
1966 8.154 1981 7.558 1996 7.765 2005 7.467
1968 8.012 1984 6.697 1997 8.090 2006 7.412
1970 8.002 1987 6.209 1998 7.811 2007 7.502
1972 7.575 1990 6.874 2000 7.557 2008 7.359

Cultural references

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Hellerup station is seen at 1:24:10 in the 1975 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang on the Track.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Hellerup Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "Hellerup Station (Hl)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Østtælling 2008 DSB og DSB S-tog". 2008-11-13. p. 17. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  4. ^ "Film 7 Olsen banden på sporet / Die Olsenbande stellt die Weichen". olsenbande-homepage.de (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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