Korsør railway station

Not to be confused with Korso railway station.

Korsør railway station (Danish: Korsør Station or previously Korsør Banegård) is a railway station serving the town of Korsør in southwestern Zealand, Denmark.^[1] It is located in the northern part of the town, about 3 km (1.9 mi) north of the historic town centre.

Korsør Station Korsør Banegård
Railway station
Korsør station in 2002
General information
Location	Storebæltsvej 2 4220 Korsør[1] Slagelse Municipality Denmark
Coordinates	55°21′24.19″N 11°8′7.53″E
Owned by	Banedanmark
Operated by	DSB[1]
Line(s)	Copenhagen–Fredericia Line
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Construction
Architect	Heinrich Wenck[2]
History
Opened	27 April 1856[3]
Rebuilt	1907[3] 1 June 1997[3]
Services
Preceding station DSB Following station Slagelse towards Copenhagen Central Copenhagen-Aalborg InterCity Nyborg towards Aalborg Slagelse towards Østerport Copenhagen–Esbjerg InterCity Nyborg towards Esbjerg
Location Korsør railway station Location within Denmark Show map of Denmark Korsør railway station Korsør railway station (Denmark Region Zealand) Show map of Denmark Region Zealand

Korsør station is located on the main line Copenhagen–Fredericia railway from Copenhagen to Funen and Jutland. The station opened in 1856 as the western terminus of the Vestbanen railway line from Copenhagen to Korsør. The original station was located by the harbour from where there was connection via railway ferry across the Great Belt to Nyborg on the island of Funen. Korsør station was moved to its current location in 1997 with the opening of the railway section of the Great Belt Bridge.^[3]

The station offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen, Funen and Jutland, regional rail services to Copenhagen and Odense operated by the national railway company DSB.^[1]

Architecture

The old station building in 2015

Street facade of Korsør station in 2015

Korsør station's second and still-existing station building was built in 1907 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.^[2] The station building was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1992.^[4]

See also

• Trains portal
• Architecture portal
• Denmark portal

• List of railway stations in Denmark

References

Citations

1. "Korsør Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
2. Vigand Rasmussen. "Heinrich Wenck". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
3. "Korsør Station". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 25 February 2023.
4. "Korsør Station" (in Danish). Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen. Retrieved 2023-02-15.

Bibliography

• Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
• Jensen, Niels (1978). Vestsjællandske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03879-9.

External links

• (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
• (in Danish) DSB – the Danish national train operating company
• (in Danish) Lokaltog – Danish regional railway company operating in the Capital Region and Region Zealand
• (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark