Østerport station is a

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and main line

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. It is located between the

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s of

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and

Østerbro Østerbro () is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. It is located just north of the city centre, outside the old city gate Østerport which, after it was moved around 1700, used to be located close to present-day ...

, and is named for the historic

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, near the original location of which it is located. The station is served by some

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services across Denmark, regular and frequent

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services to and from

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and southern

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, as well as

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services on the

network. As of 29 September 2019, Østerport is also served by the Copenhagen Metro

City Circle Line The M3 line or City Circle Line is a loop line of the Copenhagen Metro. It has been claimed by COWI A/S that the line is the largest construction project to have taken place in Copenhagen during the last 400 years.M4. The station is used by approximately 30,000 passengers each day.

History

The station opened in 1897 as the southern

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of the

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from Copenhagen to

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. It was originally named the East Station (). It was originally the terminus for the Coast Line, but when the station was connected with

Nørreport Station The fortifications of Copenhagen underwent a comprehensive modernization and expansion in the 17th century. The project was commenced and was largely the masterplan of Christian IV in the early 17th century but was continued and completed by his s ...

and

Copenhagen Central Station Copenhagen Central Station (, ; abbreviated ''København H'', colloquially usually referred to as ''Hovedbanegården'' or simply ''Hovedbanen'') is the Central station, main railway station in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the largest railway station ...

via the

Boulevard Line The Boulevard Line () is a long partly underground railway between Copenhagen Central Station and Østerport Station in Copenhagen, Denmark. The quadruple track railway carries today one dual track for the Copenhagen S-train system and another d ...

in 1917, the terminus moved to the Central Station. In 1934, the station started serving S-trains.

Architecture

The station was designed by Danish architect

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, who was head

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of the

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from 1894 to 1921. The station is designed in

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, a

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that was part of the National Romantic movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and which is often considered to be a form of

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. Although originally intended as a temporary solution, the original station building has survived to the present day. It was restored in the 1980s and again in the 2010s.

Services

The station is served by some

services across

, regular and frequent

services to and from

and southern

, as well as

services on the

network. By 2019, the service was included the Copenhagen Metro as well (future line M4).

Metro station

The Copenhagen Metro line M3 (opened 2019) on the

City Circle Line The M3 line or City Circle Line is a loop line of the Copenhagen Metro. It has been claimed by COWI A/S that the line is the largest construction project to have taken place in Copenhagen during the last 400 years.subway between the metro platforms to Østerport station is in operating.

Service

Ridership

According to the ''Østtællingen'' in 2008:

In popular culture

Østerport station is seen at 1:24:15 (track 13) and again at 1:24:48 /track 5/) in the 1975

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film '' The Olsen Gang on the Track''.

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External links

Description on DSB site
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