Aarhus Central Station ( da, Aarhus Hovedbanegård, abbreviated Aarhus H) is the main

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serving the city of Aarhus,

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. 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. It is a through station with 4 platforms. The station is located on the

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, and is the

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of the

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and Odder Line. It offers international connections to

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and

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connections to Aalborg/

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and

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, regional connections to the rest of

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as well as light rail services to

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and

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. The train services are operated by DSB,

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History

The Danish railway network reached Aarhus in 1862 with the construction of the railway line from Aarhus to Randers, built by the British

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company Peto, Brassey and Betts. The city's first railway station opened on 2 September 1862 to serve as the southern

of this new line. It was located near Ryesgade, and encompassed administration buildings and railway works. In 1884, a new and larger station building was constructed. The second station was built in

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style by Thomas Arboe and William August Thulstrup and was possibly inspired by Bonn Central Station. However, also this building turned out to be to small for the quickly developing city. The third and current Aarhus Central Station was built in 1927 by the Danish State Railway's

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K.T. Seest as a part of a plan of the whole area around the station.

Station facilities

The station itself houses a large ticket kiosk, public toilets, a

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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. 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.

Operations

Aarhus Central Station serves the whole of Denmark with inter-city rail and

with regional rail. The regional connections include Herning/ Skjern in the west and Struer in the northwest.

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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

opened, and a northbound section to

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is scheduled for 2019. More local expansions of the system are planned for the near future.

Services

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''

Gallery

1905 banegård.jpg, The second station in Aarhus in 1905 Aarhus Hovedbanegård (april).jpg, Entry facade of the present station AarhusH forhallen.jpg, Entrance Hall AarhusHafgangshallen.jpg, Departure Hall Aarhus station 2016 8.jpg, Groundfloor train station Aarhus station 2016 10.jpg, Outside stairways connecting the street level (upper deck) and the railway yard Aarhus - panoramio (3).jpg, Bike parking corridor (upper deck) Banegraven (øst).jpg, Railway Yard, arrival Banegraven (Bruuns Bro).jpg, Railway Yard, departure

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of most of the Danish railway network
DSB
– largest Danish train operating company
Arriva
– British multinational

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company operating bus and train services in Denmark
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