Hedehusene railway station

Hedehusene
railway station
Hedehusene station in 2014
General information
Location	Hovedgaden 437 2640 Hedehusene [1] Høje-Taastrup Municipality Denmark
Coordinates	55°38′55″N12°11′51″E / 55.64861°N 12.19750°E / 55.64861; 12.19750
Elevation	33.0 m (108.3 ft) [2]
Owned by	DSB (station infrastructure) [3] Banedanmark (rail infrastructure) [3]
Line(s)	Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line
Platforms	2 side platforms 1 island platform
Tracks	4
Train operators	DSB [1]
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Bicycle facilities	Bicycle parking station [1]
Accessible	Partly [1]
Architect	Heinrich Wenck (1917) [4]
Other information
Station code	Hh [5]
Website	Official website
History
Opened	27 June 1847 [2]
Rebuilt	1917
Services
Preceding station DSB Following station Høje Taastrup towards Helsingør Elsinore–Copenhagen–Roskilde–Næstved Regional train Trekroner towards Næstved Høje Taastrup towards Østerport Copenhagen–Holbæk Regional train Trekroner towards Holbæk
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Hedehusene railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Hedehusene, a suburban town of Copenhagen in Zealand, Denmark. ^[1] It is situated in the centre of the town, immediately adjacent to Hedehusene's bus station, and where the railway line crosses Hedehusene's main artery, Hovedgaden, a part of the old highway between Copenhagen and Roskilde.

The station is located on the Copenhagen–Fredericia railway line between Copenhagen and Roskilde. It opened in 1847 with the opening of the Copenhagen-Roskilde railway line, the first railway line in the Kingdom of Denmark. ^[2] It offers direct regional train services to Copenhagen and Roskilde. The train services are operated by the national railway company DSB. ^[1]

History

DSB regional train to Copenhagen calling at Hedehusene in 1981

Hedehusene station opened on 27 June 1847 as one of the original intermediate stops on the new railway line from Copenhagen to Roskilde, the first railway line in the Kingdom of Denmark ^[a] . ^[7] The railway line was completed for Det Sjællandske Jernbaneselskab (English: the Zealand Railway Company) by British engineering company William Radford. ^[2]

The station originally opened as a railway halt in a sparsely populated area where the railway line crossed the highway between Copenhagen and Roskilde. ^[2] From the 1870s, considerable development of the area took place and a railway town developed around the railway halt which was promoted to a railway station in 1880. ^[2]

Architecture

The station building in 2008

In 1917, the old station building was demolished and replaced by the station's current station building. It was built to designs by Danish architect Heinrich Wenck (1851–1936), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways from 1894 to 1921. ^[4] The new station was inspired by the movement Bedre Byggeskik (English: Better Building Practices). According to the principles of the movement, it is built with simple materials and good craftsmanship, and with a homely and practical expression. ^[8]

Operations

DSB IC4-train calling at Hedehusene in 2017

The train services are operated by the national railway company DSB. The station offers regional train services to Copenhagen, Elsinore, and Roskilde. ^[1]

Cultural references

While waiting for the train. Painting by L. A. Ring, 1914.

The level crossing of the Copenhagen–Roskilde railway line and Roskilde Landevej at Hedehusene station is the motive of the 1914 painting Når toget ventes (English: While waiting for the train) by the Danish painter L. A. Ring, one of the foremost Danish painters of the turn of the 20th century, who pioneered both symbolism and social realism in Denmark.

See also

• Trains portal
• Architecture portal
• Denmark portal

• List of railway stations in Denmark
• Rail transport in Denmark
• History of rail transport in Denmark

Note

1. The first railway line in the then Danish Monarchy was the Kiel-Altona railway line in the Duchy of Holstein which had been completed three years earlier. However, the Duchy of Holstein was later lost to the Kingdom of Prussia after the Second Schleswig War in 1864, and that railway line is today part of the German rail network. ^[6]

References

Citations

1. "Hedehusene Station". dsb.dk (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
2. Hedehusene Station (Hh) on Danske Jernbaner
3. "Analyse af de danske jernbanestationer" (PDF) (in Danish). Ministry of Transport. April 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
4. Vigand Rasmussen. "Heinrich Wenck". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
5. "Stationsforkortelser" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved April 12, 2024.
6. Jensen 1972, p. 11.
7. Jensen 1972, p. 12-15.
8. "Hedehusene Station". arkitekturbilleder.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 May 2025.

Bibliography

• Bloch, Nils (2005). Hedehusene og jernbanerne[Hedehusene and the railways] (in Danish). Blochposten. ISBN   87-983192-2-1.
• Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1972[Danish railways 1847–1972] (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN   87-11-01765-1.
• Jensen, Niels (1975). Nordsjællandske Jernbaner[Railways of North Zealand] (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN   87-11-03671-0.
• Jensen, Niels (1978). Vestsjællandske jernbaner[Railways of West Zealand] (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN   87-11-03671-0.

External links

• Official website
• (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
• (in Danish) DSB – largest Danish train operating company
• (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark