Danshøj station is an

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junction between Vestbanen and

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. Opened on 8 January 2005, it serves mainly as an interchange station between B and F. The station was in the project phase of Ringbanen originally intended to be known as Harrestrup. Due to public comments, however, the name was definitively changed to Danshøj.

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The station has two levels: F stops at the lower level with platforms to the sides of the

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; B and Bx stop at the upper level with a platform between the track. The two levels are connected by

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s and lifts. Intended as an interchange station between Vestbanen and Ringbanen, only pedestrians and

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s can access the station, as

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s, including

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es, are denied entrance to the station area.

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