Peter Bangs Vej railway station

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Peter Bangs Vej
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Peter Bangs Vej station in 2007
General information
LocationGlahns Allé 2
2000 Frederiksberg [1]
Frederiksberg Municipality
Denmark
Coordinates 55°40′41″N12°30′13″E / 55.67806°N 12.50361°E / 55.67806; 12.50361
Elevation15.0 metres (49.2 ft) [2]
System S-train station
Owned by DSB (station infrastructure) [3]
Banedanmark (rail infrastructure) [3]
Platforms Island platform
Tracks2
Train operators DSB [4]
Bus routes BSicon BUS2.svg 9A, 72
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
Architect Knud Tanggaard Seest [5]
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Opened23 September 1941;84 years ago (23 September 1941)
Services
Preceding station S-tog.svg S-train Following station
Langgade
towards Østerport
H
Mon–Fri
Flintholm
towards Ballerup
Langgade
towards Klampenborg
C
Sat–Sun
Flintholm
towards Frederikssund
Location
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Peter Bangs Vej railway station
Location within Copenhagen
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Peter Bangs Vej railway station
Location within Greater Copenhagen
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Peter Bangs Vej railway station
Location within Denmark
Peter Bangs Vej railway station

Peter Bangs Vej station is an S-train railway station serving the western part of the district of Frederiksberg in Copenhagen, Denmark. [1] The station is located on the Frederikssund radial of Copenhagen's S-train network. [4] The station, located where the railway line crosses the street Peter Bangs Vej, was designed by the Danish State Railways architect Knud Tanggaard Seest [5] and opened on 23 September 1941. The station was made famous in 2001, shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, for being the location from where an emergency 112 call was made and in which Danish Police failed to respond.

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Lift/elevator and stairs from street level PeterBangsVejStation-7.jpg
Lift/elevator and stairs from street level

See also

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 "Peter Bangs Vej Station" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. "Peter Bangs Vej S-togstrinbræt (Pbt)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Analyse af de danske jernbanestationer" (PDF) (in Danish). Ministry of Transport. April 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 "S-tog" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  5. 1 2 Hegner Christiansen, Jørgen. "K.T. Seest" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

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.