Herlev railway station

Herlev
S-train station
Herlev station in 2009
General information
Location	Stationsalleen 9 2730 Herlev [1] Herlev Municipality Denmark
Coordinates	55°43′08″N12°26′37″E / 55.71889°N 12.44361°E / 55.71889; 12.44361
Elevation	13.2 metres (43 ft) [2]
Owned by	DSB (station infrastructure) [3] Banedanmark (rail infrastructure) [3]
Line(s)
Platforms	1 Island platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	DSB [4]
Bus routes	165, 167, 168, 300S
Other information
Station code	HER
Fare zone	31
History
Opened	17 June 1879;146 years ago (17 June 1879)
Rebuilt	15 May 1949 (S-tog)
Electrified	1949
Services
Preceding station S-train Following station Skovlunde towards Ballerup H Mon–Fri Husum towards Østerport Skovlunde towards Frederikssund C Husum towards Klampenborg
Location Herlev Location within Greater Copenhagen Show map of Greater Copenhagen Herlev Herlev (Denmark) Show map of Denmark

Herlev station is a suburban rail railway station serving the suburb of Herlev northwest of Copenhagen, Denmark. The station is located on the Frederikssund radial of Copenhagen's S-train network. ^[1] It serves the central part of Herlev Municipality. Local busses from the bus terminal outside the station provide connections to remoter areas of the municipality.

Operations

Herlev station is served regularly by trains on the C-line which operate between Frederikssund and Klampenborg, via Ballerup and central Copenhagen. On weekdays, the station is also typically served by trains on the H-line, which are in operation between the stations of Ballerup and Østerport in central Copenhagen.

Bus Terminal

• 155 towards Herlev station (ring route)
• 165 towards Gladsaxe Terminal
• 167 towards Herlev station (ring route)
• 168 towards Herlev station (ring route)
• 161 towards Rødovre station

On Herlev Ringvej at the exit to the station, depart the ensuing buses:

• 300S towards Ishøj station/Glostrup station
• 300S towards Gl. Holte, Øverødvej/Lyngby station

On HerlevHovedgade (Main Street), 400 metres (1,300 ft) from the station, are the following two stops:

• 5C towards Copenhagen Airport/Sundbyvester Plads; 350S towards Nørreport station
• 5C towards Herlev Hospital; 350S towards Ballerup station

Light Rail station

Herlev Light Rail station under construction in late 2024.

The Greater Copenhagen Light Rail will operate throughout the area, serving the station, as well as Downtown Herlev and Herlev Hospital, when construction is consummated in the summer of 2026. ^[5] All the tracks have been laid, but there is still a lack of welds of rails in certain areas. Traction power will be installed in late autumn 2025; as of an update released in May 2025, only 35% of the traction power system was installed. ^[6]

Stations following towards Frederikssund

Frederikssundsbanen ^{[7] [ circular reference ]}

· Skovlunde

· Malmparken

· Ballerup

· Måløv

· Kildedal

· Veksø

· Stenløse

· Egedal

· Ølstykke

· Frederikssund

History

Herlev was one of the original stations on the Frederikssundsbane to be built, the station has now seen active (S-tog) train service since the 17th of June 1879.

See also

• Trains portal
• Architecture portal
• Denmark portal

• List of railway stations in Denmark

References

Citations

1. "Herlev Station" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved May 27, 2024.
2. "Herlev Station (Her)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
3. "Analyse af de danske jernbanestationer" (PDF) (in Danish). Ministry of Transport. April 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
4. "S-tog" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved 31 January 2024.
5. ""Hovedstadens Letbane"". dinletbane.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-08-06.
6. "Status På Letbanebyggeriet". Hovedstatens Letbane. May 2025. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
7. Frederikssundbanen

Bibliography

• 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.
• Poulsen, John; Christensen, Jens Ole; Thomassen, Peer; Zeeberg, Nils Kristian (1984). Københavns S-bane 1934–1984[The Copenhagen S-train 1934–1984] (in Danish). Roskilde: Bane Bøger. ISBN   87-88632-01-6.
• Poulsen, John; Larsen, Morten Flindt (2009). S-banen 1934-2009[The S-train 1934–2009] (in Danish). Roskilde: Bane Bøger. ISBN   978-87-91434-20-4.

External links

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