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Main line and commuter railway station in Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen South
København Syd
Main line, S-train station and metro station
Underground concourse at Copenhagen South connecting all lines
General information
LocationCarl Jacobsens Vej 19
2500 Valby
Copenhagen Municipality
Denmark
Coordinates55°39′08.5″N 12°30′59″E / 55.652361°N 12.51639°E / 55.652361; 12.51639
Elevation4.9 metres (16 ft)
Owned byDSB
Line(s)
Platforms5 (3 island platforms, 2 side platforms)
Tracks8
Construction
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeNel
Fare zone2
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
History
Opened16 November 2006 (Ringline)
6 January 2007 (Køge radial)
Previous namesNy Ellebjerg (until 2023)
Services
Preceding station Danish State Railways DSB Following station
Copenhagen CentralTerminus Copenhagen-AalborgInterCity Køge Northtowards Aalborg
Copenhagen Centraltowards Helsingør Elsinore–Copenhagen–Køge–NæstvedRegional train Køge Northtowards Næstved
Preceding station S-train Following station
Terminus F Vigerslev Allétowards Hellerup
Åmarkentowards Solrød Strand A Sjælørtowards Hillerød
Ishøjtowards Køge EMon–Fri Sjælørtowards Holte
Preceding station Copenhagen Metro Following station
Terminus M4 Mozarts Pladstowards Orientkaj
Location
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Copenhagen South station (Danish: København Syd Station, previously Ny Ellebjerg Station) is a main line and S-train railway station in the district of Valby in southwestern Copenhagen, Denmark. The station is located on numerous railway and branch lines passing through or diverging from the main lines at this station, and is gradually being developed into a major transport hub for public transport in Copenhagen.

Location

Map of the station and its immediate surroundings (2009).

The station is located on the S-train and main line network. It serves as an interchange station between the Køge radial (lines A and E), the Ring Line (line F), and trains on the Copenhagen–Ringsted Line (InterCity and regional train services).

History

Train station sign with the station's previous name (2014).

Copenhagen South station was originally opened under the name Ny Ellebjerg (Ny meaning "New") as an interchange station between the Køge Bugt Line and the Ring Line of the Copenhagen S-train system. Before the station opened on 6 January 2007, there was an S-train station called Ellebjerg station a few hundred metres southwest of the current station, where the Køge Bugt Line passes over Ellebjergvej. That station is now closed.

New platforms were opened in 2013 for the high-speed Copenhagen–Ringsted Line, on which trains run via Køge North to Ringsted, in future at up to 250 km/h.

The station's name was changed from Ny Ellebjerg to København Syd (Copenhagen South) on 10 December 2023, in connection with the station's development into a major transport hub.

Copenhagen South station became the southern terminus of the M4 line of the Copenhagen Metro, when the extension opened on 22 June 2024.

Art in the station

The metro station is decorated with walls in shades of blue from light sky blue at the top to deep midnight blue at the bottom by the platforms. In addition, there is a work of art in the form of a geocentric, astronomical clock, which will show a precise picture of some of the heavenly bodies's current location above Copenhagen South. A robotarm moves around magnetic discs representing the Sun, Moon, planets, stella nova (Tycho Brahe's supernova from 1572) and Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. The artwork was created by the Danish artist Henrik Plenge Jakobsen.

Future developments

Further main line platforms will be built around 2024 for trains going from Sweden and Copenhagen Airport by the Øresund Line to the high-speed Copenhagen-Ringsted Line (intended for the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link), or reverse.

Gallery

  • Entrance to M4 line Entrance to M4 line
  • Escalators leading down to M4 platform Escalators leading down to M4 platform
  • Artwork by Henrik Plenge Jakobsen Artwork by Henrik Plenge Jakobsen
  • Intercity platforms in 2016 Intercity platforms in 2016
  • S-train platforms of the Ring Line (line F) S-train platforms of the Ring Line (line F)
  • S-train platforms of the Køge Bay Line (lines A and E) S-train platforms of the Køge Bay Line (lines A and E)

See also

References

Citations

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  1. ^ "København Syd (tidligere Ny Ellebjerg Station)" [Copenhagen South (previously New Ellebjerg Station)] (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  2. "København Syd Trinbræt (Nel)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Ny Ellebjerg bliver til København Syd" [New Ellebjerg becomes Copenhagen South] (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  4. "Ny Ellebjerg Station skifter navn til København Syd" [New Ellebjerg changes name to Copenhagen South] (in Danish). Ministry of Transport. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  5. "S-tog" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  6. "S-tog standser nu på Ny Ellebjerg Station" (in Danish). DSB. 16 November 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  7. Banedanmark. Om Den nye bane.
  8. "M4 to Sydhavn". The Copenhagen Metro. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  9. "Københavns Metro og Metroselskabet". The Copenhagen Metro. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  10. "Byggeriet af Øresundsperroner og gangtunnel går i gang på Ny Ellebjerg". Metroselskabet.

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