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Aarhus Central Station

Main railway station in Aarhus, Denmark

Field	Value
name	Aarhus H
style	DSB
image	Aarhus_Hovedbanegård_aften,_cropped.jpg
image_caption	Front facade of Aarhus Central Station by night
address	Banegårdspladsen 1D
Aarhus C
borough	Aarhus Municipality
country	Denmark
coordinates
elevation	11.5 m
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	13
owned	DSB (station infrastructure)
Banedanmark (rail infrastructure)
operator
line	Fredericia-Aarhus Line
Aarhus-Randers Line
Odder Line
Grenaa Line
platform	4
tracks	8
train_operators	DSB
GoCollective
Midttrafik
opened	1862
rebuilt	July 1929
zone	01
services	{{Adjacent stations	system1=DSB
line1	ICLCphAb	left1=Skanderborg	right1=Randers
line2	ICCphAb	left2=Viby Jylland	right2=Hadsten
line3	ICEsAb	left3=Skanderborg	right3=Hadsten
line4	ReFaAr	left4=Viby Jylland
line5	ReEsAr	left5=Viby Jylland
line6	ReArAb	right6=Langå
system8	Arriva Danmark
line8	AarhSkj	left8=Viby Jylland
line9	AarhStr	right9=Hinnerup
system11	Aarhus Letbane
line11	1	left11=Kongsvang	right11=Dokk1
line12	2	left12=Kongsvang	right12=Dokk1
services_collapsible	yes

Aarhus C | mapframe-zoom = 13

Banedanmark (rail infrastructure) Aarhus-Randers Line Odder Line Grenaa Line GoCollective Midttrafik Aarhus Central Station () is the main railway station serving the city of Aarhus, Denmark. Serving as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between Aarhus and the rest of Denmark, the station is used by an average of 6.3 million people per year, making it the busiest station in Denmark outside the Copenhagen area. It is located in the city centre between the districts of Midtbyen and Frederiksbjerg with entrances from Banegårdspladsen and the shopping centre Bruun's Galleri, and with access to platforms from M.P. Bruuns Gade.

It is a through station with 4 platforms. The station is located on the East Jutland railway, and is the terminus of the Grenaa Line and Odder Line. It offers international connections to Hamburg and Berlin, InterCity connections to Aalborg/Frederikshavn and Copenhagen, regional connections to the rest of Jutland as well as light rail services to Grenå and Odder. The train services are operated by DSB, GoCollective and Deutsche Bahn.

History

The Danish railway network reached Aarhus in 1862 with the construction of the railway line from Aarhus to Randers, built by the British civil engineering company Peto, Brassey and Betts. The city's first railway station opened on 2 September 1862 to serve as the southern terminus of this new line. It was located near Ryesgade, and encompassed administration buildings and railway works.

In 1884, a new and larger station building was constructed. The second station was built in Neo-Renaissance style by Thomas Arboe and William August Thulstrup and was possibly inspired by Bonn Central Station.

However, also this building turned out to be to small for the quickly developing city. The third and current Aarhus Central Station was built in 1927 by the Danish State Railway's architect Knud Tanggaard Seest as a part of a plan of the whole area around the station.

Station facilities

The station itself houses a large ticket kiosk, public toilets, a McDonald's restaurant, two 7-Eleven's, and a couple of other shops, but the station building is also combined with a three-storey shopping centre (Bruun's Galleri) housing 93 stores, restaurants and cafés and a large underground car park. The upper deck of the groundfloor train station holds a shopping arcade (Bruuns Arkade) with more restaurants, and a two-storey bike parking facility.

The square outside the station (Banegårdsplads) has a taxi hub, a bike-share facility, a pharmacy, a money transfer and exchange store, and more shops, kiosks, cafés and eateries.

The railway terminal has a flow of 13 million people per year.

Operations

Aarhus Central Station serves the whole of Denmark with inter-city rail and Jutland with regional rail. The regional connections include Herning/Skjern in the west and Struer in the northwest.

Aarhus Light Rail with electric trams opened its first line from Aarhus Central Station in December 2017. It connects with Aarhus University Hospital (DNU) in Skejby. In 2018, a southward suburban rail line to Odder opened, and a northbound section to Grenaa is scheduled for 2019. More local expansions of the system are planned for the near future.

Services

The following services currently call at the station:

Intercity services Frederikshavn–Hjoerring–Aalborg–Aarhus–Fredericia–Odense–Copenhagen–Copenhagen Airport
Regional services Aarhus–Horsens–Fredericia–Kolding–Esbjerg
Regional services Herning–Silkeborg–Aarhus
Local services Struer–Skive–Viborg–Aarhus
Local services Skjern–Herning–Silkeborg–Aarhus
Light rail/tramway Odder–Aarhus–Lisbjergskolen/Lystrup
Light rail/tramway Odder–Aarhus–Skødstrup–Ryomgård–Grenaa

Gallery

1905 banegård.jpg|The second station in Aarhus in 1905 Aarhus Hovedbanegård (april).jpg|Entry facade of the present station AarhusH forhallen.jpg|Entrance Hall AarhusHafgangshallen.jpg|Departure Hall Aarhus station 2016 8.jpg|Groundfloor train station Aarhus station 2016 10.jpg|Outside stairways connecting the street level (upper deck) and the railway yard Aarhus - panoramio (3).jpg|Bike parking corridor (upper deck) Banegraven (øst).jpg|Railway Yard, arrival Banegraven (Bruuns Bro).jpg|Railway Yard, departure

References

Citations

Bibliography

References

(April 2017). "Analyse af de danske jernbanestationer". [[Ministry of Transport (Denmark).
Østerby, Mads. (1984). "Danske jernbaners byggeri. Et rids af et forløb (1844-1984)". [[Odense Universitetsforlag]].
"Bruuns Galleri".
"Aarhus H". [[DSB (railway company).
"Aarhus H". [[GoCollective]].
"Aarhus Hovedbanegård (Ar)".
"Om GoCollective – Tog". [[GoCollective]].

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