Ørestad railway station

Ørestad station is a main line and rapid transit railway station serving the development area of Ørestad in the district of Amager Vest in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[1] The station is a junction station served by both the Copenhagen Metro and regional trains. The penultimate stop of the M1 Line, it is located in zone 3 in the west-central section of the island of Amager.

Ørestad
Main line and Copenhagen Metro rapid transit station
Ørestad station in 2014
General information
Location	Ørestads Boulevard 89 2300 Copenhagen S[1] Copenhagen Municipality Denmark
Coordinates	55°37′43″N 12°34′45″E
Elevation	4.7 metres (15 ft)[2]
Owned by	DSB (station infrastructure)[3] Banedanmark (rail infrastructure)[3]
Platforms	2 side platforms(Regional service) 1 island platform (Metro)
Tracks	4
Train operators	DSB Skånetrafiken[4] Snälltåget Metroselskabet
Construction
Structure type	Trench (Regional service) Elevated (Metro)
Platform levels	3
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Øre
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	19 October 2002 (Metro)
Services
Preceding station DSB Following station Tårnby towards Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen–Slagelse Regional train Høje Taastrup towards Slagelse Preceding station Long distance trains Following station Malmö Central towards Stockholm Central Snälltåget seasonal Høje Taastrup towards Berlin Hbf Preceding station Øresundståg Following station Copenhagen Central towards Østerport Copenhagen–Lund Øresundståg Tårnby towards Lund C Copenhagen–Gothenburg Øresundståg Tårnby towards Gothenburg C Copenhagen–Kalmar Øresundståg Tårnby towards Kalmar C Copenhagen–Karlskrona Øresundståg Tårnby towards Karlskrona C Preceding station Copenhagen Metro Following station Bella Center towards Vanløse M1 Vestamager Terminus
Location Ørestad Location within Greater Copenhagen Show map of Greater Copenhagen Ørestad Ørestad (Denmark) Show map of Denmark

Location

Ørestad station is one of the southernmost stations of the Copenhagen Metro system. Specifically, it lies on a viaduct paralleling the eastern edge of Ørestads Boulevard at its intersection with Arne Jacobsens Allé.

Ørestad Metro Station

Transit-oriented development

One of six Metro stations within the Ørestad redevelopment area, significant mixed-use development and construction is underway in the area immediately surrounding the station. As the transfer point between the Metro and regional trains, Ørestad station and its environs, termed the Ørestad City district, will see the most intense levels of development, with a focus a new Ørestad Downtown.^[5]

The two most significant buildings in the area are the Ferring Building and Field's, one of Scandinavia's largest department stores at 178,000 square metres (1,920,000 sq ft).^[6] Surrounding Field's is the Ørestad Downtown, which include 205,000 square metres (2,210,000 sq ft) of commercial space. Much of the Downtown was designed by Daniel Liebeskind. Ørestad station's residential transit-oriented development is scattered in the form of smaller apartment complexes, including City Husene, Parkhusene, and Sejlhuset.^[6]

History

The railway station opened in 2000. The Metro station opened in 2002.

See also

• Trains portal
• Architecture portal
• Denmark portal

• List of railway stations in Denmark