Taastrup station () is a Copenhagen S-train railway station serving the railway town/suburb of Taastrup west of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located on the Taastrup radial of Copenhagen's S-train network.
History
Taastrup station was one of the original intermediate stops on the new railway line from Copenhagen to Roskilde, the first railway line in the Kingdom of Denmark. It was inaugurated on 26 June 1847, and the following day the railway opened to regular traffic with three trains daily in each direction. At the opening, the station was named Kiøgevejen, as it is located where the railway line crosses the old highway to Køge.
The station was later converted into an S-train station.
Architecture Taastrup station's stately station building was built in 1918 to designs by the 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. The old station building was demolished in 1979.
Service Taastrup Station is served by B trains.
In popular culture The old Taastrup station is used as a location in the 1951 film Lyntoget.
Notes
See also
List of Copenhagen S-train stations List of railway stations in Denmark
References Citations
Bibliography
External links
Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network DSB – the Danish national train operating company Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark