Østbanetorvet railway station
Railway station in Aarhus Municipality, Denmark / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Østbanetorvet station is a railway station serving the central part of the city of Aarhus in Jutland, Denmark.[1] Until 1983 it was known as the East Station (Danish: Østbanegården) or Aarhus East (Danish: Århus Ø).
Østbanetorvet | |||||||
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railway station | |||||||
Østbanetorvet railway station in 2015 | |||||||
General information | |||||||
Location | Skovvejen 2 8000 Aarhus C[1] Denmark | ||||||
Coordinates | 56°9′48″N 10°13′0″E | ||||||
Owned by | Banedanmark | ||||||
Operated by | Keolis | ||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||
Construction | |||||||
Architect | Niels Peder Christian Holsøe[2] | ||||||
History | |||||||
Opened | 1877 | ||||||
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The station opened in 1877 as the southern terminus of the Grenaa railway line between Aarhus and Grenaa.[3] From 1933, however, all trains were continued from the station via a connecting track along the harbour to Aarhus Central Station. Since 2019, the station has been served by the Aarhus light rail system, a tram-train network combining tram lines in the city of Aarhus with operation on railway lines in the surrounding countryside.[4]
The tracks at the station also handle freight trains to Grenaa, and will continue to do so after being converted into a lightrail station for the public.[5]