Høje Taastrup station

Høje Taastrup
S-train and DSB station
Location	5 Banestrøget, Taastrup
Coordinates	55°38′55″N 12°16′09″E / 55.64861°N 12.26917°E / 55.64861; 12.26917Coordinates: 55°38′55″N 12°16′09″E / 55.64861°N 12.26917°E / 55.64861; 12.26917
Owned by	DSB
Platforms	3 Island platforms
Tracks	6
History
Opened	31 May 1986
Electrified	1986 (S-train), 1988 (Mainline)
Services
Preceding station   S-train   Following station Terminus Bx Taastrup toward Østerport B Taastrup toward Holte Preceding station   Danske Statsbaner   Following station København H toward Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen-Aarhus-Struer InterCity Roskilde toward Struer Copenhagen-Herning-Struer-Thisted InterCity Roskilde toward Thisted Valby toward Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen - Frederikshavn InterCity Roskilde toward Frederikshavn Copenhagen-Esbjerg InterCity Roskilde toward Esbjerg Copenhagen-Sønderborg/Padborg InterCity Roskilde toward Sønderborg or Padborg Valby toward Helsingør Elsinore-Roskilde Hedehusene toward Roskilde Valby toward Østerport or Lufthavnen Copenhagen-Roskilde Copenhagen-Odense Hedehusene toward Odense Valby toward Østerport Copenhagen-Nykøbing F/Rødby/Gedser Roskilde toward Rødby Færge or Gedser Copenhagen-Kalundborg Hedehusene toward Kalundborg Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Copenhagen Central Terminus ICE 75 Næstved towards Berlin Ostbahnhof

Høje Taastrup station is a railway station in Høje-Taastrup municipality, Denmark, opened on 31 May 1986.

The station is one of the largest in Denmark. It is the terminus of S-train services B including a few, weekday mornings extra departures, labeled as B+ but which really isn't a real line, on the Taastrup radial. The station is further served by regional, InterCity and even international trains.

At the south end of the railroad station complex stands "Thor's Tower" (Torstårnet), the tallest sculpture in the Nordic countries. The railway station itself has three distinctive arches, which have become a symbol of the municipality, and have given rise to the moniker "The City of Arches" (Danish: Buernes By, which in a play on words sounds remarkably similar to the phrase Byernes By or "The City of Cities").

Høje Taastrup Station in 1994

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