Nørrebro railway station

Nørrebro station is an interchange station between the S-train Ring Line and the Copenhagen Metro City Circle Line in the Outer Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark.^[2] It is situated at the junction of Nørrebrogade, Folmer Bendtsens Plads, Frederikssundsvej and Nordre Fasanvej.^[1] The functionalist station building from 1930 designed by the architect Knud Tanggaard Seest was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1992.^[3]

Nørrebro
S-train and Metro station
Nørrebro station in 2009
General information
Location	Nørrebrogade 253 Copenhagen N[1] Copenhagen Municipality Denmark
Coordinates	55°42′02″N 12°32′16″E
Owned by	DSB[2]
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms (S-train), 1 island platform (Metro)
Tracks	4 (2 S-train, 2 Metro)
Bus routes	12, 4A, 5C, 250S, 350S
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (S-train) Underground (Metro)
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Knud Tanggaard Seest[3]
Other information
Station code	Nø
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	15 May 1930; 94 years ago (15 May 1930)
Rebuilt	3 April 1934 (S-train)
Electrified	1934 (S-train)
Services
Preceding station S-train Following station Fuglebakken towards Copenhagen South F Bispebjerg towards Hellerup Preceding station Copenhagen Metro Following station Skjolds Plads clockwise M3 Nørrebros Runddel counter-clockwise
Location Nørrebro Location within Copenhagen Show map of Copenhagen Nørrebro Nørrebro (Greater Copenhagen) Show map of Greater Copenhagen Nørrebro Nørrebro (Denmark) Show map of Denmark

History

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The first station at the site was opened on 1 July 1886. The current station opened on 15 May 1930. The metro station was opened on 29 September 2019 together with 16 other stations on the line.

Design

The functionalist station building from 1940 was designed by the Danish architect Knud Tanggaard Seest who was the head architect of the Danish State Railways from 1922 to 1949.^[3] The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1992.

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  Nørrebro Station platform looking towards Nordbro Tårnet
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  Station seen from one platform under the large curved roof
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  Station from the other side

See also

• List of railway stations in Denmark

References

1. "Nørrebro Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
2. "S-tog" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
3. Hegner Christiansen, Jørgen. "K.T. Seest" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

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) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark