Slagelse railway station ( da, Slagelse Station or ''Slagelse Banegård'') is the main railway station serving the town of

Slagelse Slagelse () is a town on Zealand, Denmark. The town is the seat of Slagelse Municipality, and is the biggest town of the municipality. It is located 15 km east of Korsør, 16 km north-east of Skælskør, 33 km south-east of Kalundborg and 14 km ...

in southwestern Zealand, Denmark. 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 Mainline, ''Main line'', or ''Main Line'' may refer to: Transportation Railway * Main line (railway), the principal artery of a railway system * Main line railway preservation, the practice of operating preserved trains on an operational railw ...

Copenhagen–Fredericia railway from Copenhagen to Funen and Jutland. It is also the southern terminus of the Tølløse branch line from

to on the

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. The station opened in 1856, and was moved to its current location in 1892. Its second and current station building designed by the architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe was inaugurated in 1892. The station offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen, Funen and Jutland,

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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.

Architecture

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

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. The station building was listed in 1992.

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Banedanmark
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government agency A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administrati ...

responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
DSB
– the Danish national

train operating company A train operating company (TOC) is a business operating Passenger Trains, passenger trains on the Rail transport in Great Britain, railway system of Great Britain under the collective National Rail brand. TOCs have existed since the Privatisation ...

Lokaltog
– Danish regional railway company operating in the Capital Region and Region Zealand
Danske Jernbaner
– website with information on railway history in Denmark {{DEFAULTSORT:Slagelse railway station Slagelse Railway stations in Region Zealand Railway stations in Denmark opened in 1856 1856 establishments in Denmark Railway stations in Denmark opened in 1892 1892 establishments in Denmark Niels Peder Christian Holsøe railway stations Buildings and structures in Slagelse Municipality Listed buildings and structures in Slagelse Municipality Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1890s Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1850s

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