Frederikssund station is the terminus of the Frederikssund radial of the

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network of

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

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. It is located near the center of the city of

Frederikssund Frederikssund () is a Danish town, seat of the Frederikssund Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden with a population of 16,850 (1 January 2022).Hornsherred Hornsherred () is a peninsula between Roskilde Fjord and Isefjord on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It falls within the expanded Frederikssund municipality and includes Jægerspris and Skibby and before 1 January 2007 a part of Bramsn ...

and those north of the urban corridor between Frederikssund and Copenhagen.

History

The original terminus of the railway from Copenhagen to Frederikssund, which opened in 1879, was located approximately where the current station is. In 1928 the central Zealand railway opened between

Hvalsø Hvalsø is a town and a former municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in east Denmark. The former municipality covered an area of 72 km2, and had a total population of 7,856 (2005). ...

and Frederikssund, and the station was moved about 500 m south such that the tracks could continue onto a bridge across

Roskilde Fjord Roskilde Fjord is the fjord north of Roskilde, Denmark. It is a long branch of the Isefjord. Cities The cities Frederiksværk, Frederikssund, Jægerspris, Jyllinge and Roskilde (including Himmelev), (home to the famous Roskilde Festival), all h ...

, the remains of which are still conspicuous. It was planned to extend the central Zealand railway eastwards towards

Slangerup Slangerup is a town in Frederikssund Municipality, about 30 km north-west of central Copenhagen, in the Capital Region of Denmark. The town of Slangerup The town was established by the Viking Slangir at the time of Harald Bluetooth. King Eri ...

and

Hillerød Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 35,357 (1 January 2022)S-train The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban- suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble co ...

service, did the passenger service return to a new station complex at the original location. Vinge station just south of Frederikssund opened 14 December 2020. It is served by the C line.

Services

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S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations opened in 1989 1989 establishments in Denmark Buildings and structures in Frederikssund Municipality {{Copenhagen-metro-stub

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