Albertslund railway station

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Albertslund
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S-train station
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Albertslund station in 2014
General information
LocationHedemarksvej 1
2620 Albertslund [1]
Albertslund Municipality
Denmark
Coordinates 55°39′29″N12°21′11″E / 55.658°N 12.353°E / 55.658; 12.353
Elevation13.1 metres (43 ft) [2]
Owned by Banedanmark (rail infrastructure)
DSB (station building)
Line(s) Høje Taastrup Line [3]
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operators DSB [3]
ConnectionsBus
Other information
Station codeAlb [4]
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
Opened1931
Rebuilt26 May 1963 (S-train)
Electrified1963 (S-train)
Previous names Vridsløselille
Services
Preceding station S-tog.svg S-train Following station
Taastrup
towards Høje Taastrup
B Glostrup
towards Farum
Bx
Peak hours
 Glostrup
towards Buddinge
Location
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Albertslund station
Location within Greater Copenhagen
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Albertslund station
Albertslund station (Capital Region)
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Albertslund station (Denmark)
Albertslund railway station

Albertslund station is an S-train railway station serving the suburb of Albertslund west of the Danish capital Copenhagen. [1] The station is situated in the central part of the suburb and is integrated in the adjacent open-air shopping centre, Albertslund Centrum. [5]

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Albertslund station is located on the Taastrup radial of Copenhagen's S-train network, a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Greater Copenhagen. [3] It is served regularly by trains on the B-line which have a journey time to central Copenhagen of around 20 minutes. [1] The station serves the core of Albertslund, whereas the extensive residential areas in the northern part of Albertslund Municipality are served by local buses from Albertslund and the neighbouring Glostrup stations. The station also serves the neighbourhood Vallensbæk Nordmark in the northern part of Vallensbæk Municipality, the boundary of which comes within a few hundred metres from the station.

History

Albertslund station was not one of the original stations on the Copenhagen–Roskilde railway line which opened in 1847. [6] Before the current S-train station opened, a railway halt on the railway line between Copenhagen and Roskilde existed approximately where Albertslund station is located today. [7] The halt was named Vridsløselille and primarily served the nearby Vridsløselille Prison. [2]

The S-train station at Albertslund opened on 26 May 1963 as the S-train line that runs along the long-distance tracks of the railway line between Copenhagen and Roskilde was extended from Glostrup to Taastrup. [2] The station was to serve the new town of Albertslund, a residential suburb built virtually from scratch in the 1960s and 1970s, with the commercial and administrative centre of the new town, Albertslund Centrum, built up around the station.

Architecture

The sculpture Scenarie or The Man in the Bathtub in 2012. Peter Land - Scenarie.JPG
The sculpture Scenarie or The Man in the Bathtub in 2012.

In front of the northern entrance to the station is the bronze water sculpture Scenarie, colloquially known as The Man in the Bathtub, created by the Danish artist Peter Land in 2008. [8]

Facilities

Inside the station building there is a combined ticket office and convenience store operated by 7-Eleven, ticket machines, a waiting room, a photo booth, toilets and an accessible toilet. [1]

The station also has a bicycle parking station as well as a car park with approximately 105 parking spaces near the entrance to the railway station. [1]

Operations

B-line S-train to Hoje Taastrup at Albertslund station in 2014. Albertslund Station 02.JPG
B-line S-train to Høje Taastrup at Albertslund station in 2014.

Albertslund station is served regularly by trains on the B-line of Copenhagen's S-train network which run between Høje Taastrup and Farum via central Copenhagen. [3]

Cultural references

Albertslund station is used as a location in the 1975 Olsen Gang film The Olsen Gang on the Track where Egon (Ove Sprogøe) is waiting for the S-train at Albertslund station after being released from Vridsløselille Prison at 0:12:55. [9]

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Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Albertslund Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Albertslund S-togstrinbræt". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "S-tog" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Stationsforkortelser" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Albertslund Centrum" (in Danish). Albertslund Centrum . Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  6. ↑ Jensen 1972, p. 13.
  7. ↑ Jensen 1972, p. 15.
  8. ↑ Torp Øhlenschlæger, Troels. "Billedkunst i Albertslund Kommune" (in Danish). Trap Danmark . Retrieved 2 May 2005.
  9. ↑ "Film 7 Olsen banden på sporet / Die Olsenbande stellt die Weichen". olsenbande-homepage.de (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2017.

Bibliography

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  • Poulsen, John; Christensen, Jens Ole; Thomassen, Peer; Zeeberg, Nils Kristian (1984). Københavns S-bane 1934-1984 (in Danish). Roskilde: Bane Bøger. ISBN   87-88632-01-6.
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