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Odense station

Odense station

Main railway station in Odense, Denmark

Odense Station (Danish: Odense Banegård Center) is the main railway station serving the city of Odense, Denmark.[1][2] It is located in central Odense, on the northern edge of the historic town centre, and lies immediately adjacent to the Odense bus station and a stop on the Odense Tramway.[4]

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Situated as a major station on the Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov line, it is also the terminus of the Svendborgbanen railway line between Odense and Svendborg. The first station in Odense, now demolished, opened in 1865 as the railway line across the island of Funen was completed. The current station building opened in 1995.

History

First station building (1865–1914)
Second station building, in use 1914–1995

The current station building is Odense's third, having opened on 15 September 1995.[5][6] The first one, now demolished, opened in 1865 with the rest of the railway line across Funen (Dronning Louises Jernbane). The first station building was designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe, known for the numerous station buildings he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.[3]

The first station was replaced in 1914 by the still-existing building drawn by Heinrich Wenck.[7][8]

Historically, Odense station has been the central hub of railways on Funen, being the terminus for a handful of now closed railways:[9]

Services

The stations offers services to Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Aarhus, Svendborg and international service to Hamburg (Germany).

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Other

The Danish Railway Museum is located in the roundhouse immediately north of Odense station.

See also

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    "Odense Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Odense Station" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. [3]
    Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Odense Letbane". Odense Letbane. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Odense Banegård Center" (in Danish). Wessing Film & TV. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  6. [6]
    John Borgkilde (2008-03-12). "Kommunen købte banegården for en sikkerheds skyld". Fyens Stiftstidende (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  7. [7]
    "Banegården" (in Danish). Historisk Atlas. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  8. [8]
    "The Old Trainstation". VisitOdense. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  9. [9]
    Jensen, Niels (1976). Fynske jernbaner (in Danish). J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03736-9.
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