Hellerup railway station explained

Hellerup
Symbol:S
Symbol Location:Copenhagen
Type:main line and S-train railway station
Style:Copenhagen S-train
Address:Ryvangs Allé 79C
2900 Hellerup
Borough:Copenhagen Municipality
Country:Denmark
Map Type:Denmark Greater Copenhagen#Denmark
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Other:Bus terminal
Platform:4
Tracks:7
Code:Hl
Zone:2/30
Rebuilt:3 April 1934 (S-train)
Electrified:1934 (S-train)
1986 (Kystbanen)
Owned:DSB

Hellerup station is a regional and S-train railway station serving the suburb of Hellerup north of Copenhagen, Denmark. 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.

History

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

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

According to the Østtællingen in 2008:[1]

YearTravelersYearTravelersYearTravelersYearTravelers
19578.62619746.77719917.61220016.810
19608.09819756.05019927.72520027.302
19628.31919775.28319937.52420037.357
19648.16119796.71119958.09720047.385
19668.15419817.55819967.76520057.467
19688.01219846.69719978.09020067.412
19708.00219876.20919987.81120077.502
19727.57519906.87420007.55720087.359

Cultural references

Hellerup station is seen at 1:24:10 in the 1975 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang on the Track.[2]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2008-11-13. Østtælling 2008 DSB og DSB S-tog. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230518005510/http://docplayer.dk/2935901-Oesttaelling-2008-dsb-og-dsb-s-tog.html. 2023-05-18. 17.
  2. Web site: Film 7 Olsen banden på sporet / Die Olsenbande stellt die Weichen. German. olsenbande-homepage.de. 5 October 2017.