Gentofte station is a suburban railway station serving the suburb of Gentofte in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] The station is located on the Hillerød radial of Copenhagen's S-train network, served by E-trains to Hillerød/Holte and Copenhagen.
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| S-train station | |||||||||||
 Gentofte station in 2001 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Brogårdsvej 14 2820 Gentofte[1] Gentofte Municipality Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°45′13″N 12°32′29″E / 55.75361°N 12.54139°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 24.8 metres (81 ft)[2] | ||||||||||
| Owned by | DSB | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Website | Official website  | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1863 | ||||||||||
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The station was the site of the 1897 Gentofte train crash.[3]
See also
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References
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edit- ^ a b "Gentofte Station - Tag toget til og fra Gentofte togstation med DSB" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ^ "Gentofte Station (Gj)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Gentofteulykken - 1897 - Gentofte Lokalarkiv". gentoftehistorie.gentofte.dk. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
Bibliography
edit- Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1972 [Danish railways 1847–1972] (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
- Poulsen, John; Christensen, Jens Ole; Thomassen, Peer; Zeeberg, Nils Kristian (1984). Københavns S-bane 1934-1984 (in Danish). Roskilde: Bane Bøger. ISBN 87-88632-01-6.
- Poulsen, John; Larsen, Morten Flindt (2009). S-banen 1934-2009 (in Danish). Roskilde: Bane Bøger. ISBN 978-87-91434-20-4.
External links
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- (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
- (in Danish) DSB – the Danish national train operating company
- (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark
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