Birkerød station
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Birkerød station is the railway station in Birkerød
north of Copenhagen
, Denmark
. It is served by S-train
s on the Hillerød radial
.
The railway station was built in 1864 and the first S-train
s were used in 1968.
When built, the railroad station was situated a bit outside Birkerød
. The reason for this was that it had to be situated on a hill to make it easier to get the trains started again after stopping. But today, Birkerød
has grown a lot, so it is now located in the centre of the city.
Birkerød
Birkerød is a town and was a municipality in Frederiksborg County on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark...
north of Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. It is served by S-train
S-Train
The S-train network is a combined urban rapid transit and suburban rail network of Metropolitan Copenhagen, Denmark. It connects the city center with the inner suburbs of Copenhagen, and has close to half of the stations within the urban city. The first line was opened in 1934...
s on the Hillerød radial
Nordbanen
Nordbanen is one of six radial S-train lines in Copenhagen. It connects Copenhagen with the city of Hillerød, and with several northern suburbs.-Stations:-Service patterns:...
.
The railway station was built in 1864 and the first S-train
S-Train
The S-train network is a combined urban rapid transit and suburban rail network of Metropolitan Copenhagen, Denmark. It connects the city center with the inner suburbs of Copenhagen, and has close to half of the stations within the urban city. The first line was opened in 1934...
s were used in 1968.
When built, the railroad station was situated a bit outside Birkerød
Birkerød
Birkerød is a town and was a municipality in Frederiksborg County on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark...
. The reason for this was that it had to be situated on a hill to make it easier to get the trains started again after stopping. But today, Birkerød
Birkerød
Birkerød is a town and was a municipality in Frederiksborg County on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark...
has grown a lot, so it is now located in the centre of the city.