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.

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