Aarhus Central Station (Danish: Aarhus Hovedbanegård, abbreviated Aarhus H) is the main railway station serving the city of Aarhus, Denmark.[1][2] Serving as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between Aarhus and the rest of Denmark, the station is used by an average of 6.3 million people per year, making it the busiest station in Denmark outside the Copenhagen area. It is located in the city centre between the districts of Midtbyen and Frederiksbjerg with entrances from Banegårdspladsen and the shopping centre Bruun's Galleri, and with access to platforms from M.P. Bruuns Gade.
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It is a through station with 4 platforms. The station is located on the East Jutland railway, and is the terminus of the Grenaa Line and Odder Line. It offers international connections to Hamburg and Berlin, InterCity connections to Aalborg/Frederikshavn and Copenhagen, regional connections to the rest of Jutland as well as light rail services to Grenå and Odder. The train services are operated by DSB, GoCollective and Deutsche Bahn.
The station itself houses a large ticket kiosk, public toilets, a McDonald's restaurant, two 7-Eleven's, and a couple of other shops, but the station building is also combined with a three-storey shopping centre (Bruun's Galleri) housing 93 stores, restaurants and cafés and a large underground car park.[6] The upper deck of the groundfloor train station holds a shopping arcade (Bruuns Arkade) with more restaurants, and a two-storey bike parking facility.
The square outside the station (Banegårdsplads) has a taxi hub, a bike-share facility, a pharmacy, a money transfer and exchange store, and more shops, kiosks, cafés and eateries.
The railway terminal has a flow of 13 million people per year.[citation needed]
Aarhus Central Station serves the whole of Denmark with inter-city rail and Jutland with regional rail. The regional connections include Herning/Skjern in the west and Struer in the northwest.
Aarhus Light Rail with electric trams opened its first line from Aarhus Central Station in December 2017. It connects with Aarhus University Hospital (DNU) in Skejby. In 2018, a southward suburban rail line to Odder opened, and a northbound section to Grenaa is scheduled for 2019. More local expansions of the system are planned for the near future.
The following services currently call at the station:
- Intercity services Frederikshavn–Hjoerring–Aalborg–Aarhus–Fredericia–Odense–Copenhagen–Copenhagen Airport
- Regional services Aarhus–Horsens–Fredericia–Kolding–Esbjerg
- Regional services Herning–Silkeborg–Aarhus
- Local services Struer–Skive–Viborg–Aarhus
- Local services Skjern–Herning–Silkeborg–Aarhus
- Light rail/tramway Odder–Aarhus–Lisbjergskolen/Lystrup
- Light rail/tramway Odder–Aarhus–Skødstrup–Ryomgård–Grenaa
The second station in Aarhus in 1905
Entry facade of the present station
Entrance Hall
Departure Hall
Groundfloor train station
Outside stairways connecting the street level (upper deck) and the railway yard
Bike parking corridor (upper deck)
Railway Yard, arrival
Railway Yard, departure
Citations
"Aarhus H" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024. Christiansen, Asger. 1884: Ny hovedbanegård i Aarhus", Jernbanehistorisk Årbog 2009.