Slagelse railway station

Slagelse Station Slagelse Banegård
Railway junction
Street facade of Slagelse station in 2019
General information
Location	Sønder Stationsvej 28A 4200 Slagelse[1] Slagelse Municipality Denmark
Coordinates	55°24′26.32″N 11°20′56.19″E
Elevation	33.7 metres (111 ft)[2]
Owned by	Banedanmark
Operated by	DSB[1][3]
Line(s)	Copenhagen–Fredericia Line Tølløse Line Slagelse–Værslev (closed 1971 Slagelse–Næstved (closed 1971)
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Construction
Architect	Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1892)[4]
History
Opened	27 April 1856[2]
Rebuilt	15 May 1892[2]
Services
Preceding station DSB Following station Sorø towards Copenhagen Central Copenhagen-Aalborg InterCity Korsør towards Aalborg Sorø towards Østerport Copenhagen–Esbjerg InterCity Korsør towards Esbjerg Sorø towards Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen–Slagelse Regional train Terminus Preceding station Lokaltog Following station Høng towards Tølløse Tølløse Line Local train Terminus
Location Slagelse railway station Location within Denmark Show map of Denmark Slagelse railway station Slagelse railway station (Denmark Region Zealand) Show map of Denmark Region Zealand

Slagelse railway station (Danish: Slagelse Station or Slagelse Banegård) is the main railway station serving the town of Slagelse in southwestern Zealand, Denmark.^[1] It is located in the centre of the town, on the northern edge of the historic town centre, and immediately adjacent to the Slagelse bus station.

Slagelse station is located on the main line Copenhagen–Fredericia railway from Copenhagen to Funen and Jutland. It is also the southern terminus of the Tølløse branch line from Slagelse to Tølløse on the Northwest Line. The station opened in 1856, and was moved to its current location in 1892.^[2] Its second and current station building designed by the architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe was inaugurated in 1892.^[4]

The station offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen, Funen and Jutland, regional rail services to Copenhagen and Odense operated by the national railway company DSB, as well as local train services to Tølløse, operated by the regional railway company Lokaltog.^[1][3]

Architecture

The station building in 2015.

Slagelse station's second and current station building was built from 1891 to 1892 to designs by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.^[4] The station building was listed in 1992.^[5]

Cultural references

Slagelse railway station is used as a location in the 1942 Danish comedy film Frk. Vildkat.^[6]

See also

• List of railway stations in Denmark

References

Citations

1. "Slagelse Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
2. "Slagelse Station". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
3. "Om Lokaltog". lokaltog.dk (in Danish). Lokaltog A/S. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
4. Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
5. "Slagelse Station" (in Danish). Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
6. "Slagelse Banegård". danskefilm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 May 2024.

Bibliography

• Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
• Jensen, Niels (1978). Vestsjællandske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03879-9.

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) Lokaltog – Danish regional railway company operating in the Capital Region and Region Zealand
• (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark