Islands Brygge Station is a rapid transit station opened in 2002 on the Copenhagen Metro

Copenhagen Metro

Copenhagen Metro is a rapid transit system serving Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and Tårnby in Denmark. The system opened between 2002 and 2007, and has two lines, M1 and M2. The driverless light metro supplements the larger S-train rapid transit system, and is integrated with DSB local trains and...

. The last underground station on the M1

M1 (Copenhagen)

M1 of the Copenhagen Metro, colored green on the map, runs from Vanløse to Vestamager. It connects the Ørestad neighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark, to the city center. The line is elevated while traveling through Øresund, while it runs in a tunnel below the city center...

 line, it is built using the cut-and-cover method. Bus

Bus

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es also serve the station. It is located in fare zone 1.

The station is situated in the rapidly-evolving Islands Brygge

Islands Brygge

Islands Brygge is a harbourfront area in central Copenhagen, Denmark, located on the north-western coast of Amager. The neighbourhood is noted for its waterfront park Havneparken, which is one of the most popular areas along the Copenhagen harbourfront and the location of one of the Copenhagen...

 area in the very northern part of Ørestad

Ørestad

Ørestad is a developing city area in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the island of Amager. It is expected that 20,000 people will live in Ørestad, 20,000 will study, and 80,000 people will be employed in the area...

. Next to it lies the University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...

's Faculty of Humanities

University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen is the largest faculty in terms of number of students and range of subjects. It has 22 departments plus a number of multi-disciplinary centres that cover about 75 subjects....

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Layout

⇐ M1 M1 (Copenhagen) M1 of the Copenhagen Metro, colored green on the map, runs from Vanløse to Vestamager. It connects the Ørestad neighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark, to the city center. The line is elevated while traveling through Øresund, while it runs in a tunnel below the city center...  towards Vestamager Vestamager station Vestamager Station is a rapid transit station on the Copenhagen Metro, Denmark. It is the terminus of the M1 line. Opened in 2002, it is located in fare zone 3, in Ørestad Syd, also called the Vestamager District. The station is close to Kalvebod Fælled and next to the metro's Control and...  ⇐

(Platform Edge Doors Platform screen doors Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in... ) Island Platform Island platform An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange... (Platform Edge Doors Platform screen doors Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in... )

⇒ M1 M1 (Copenhagen) M1 of the Copenhagen Metro, colored green on the map, runs from Vanløse to Vestamager. It connects the Ørestad neighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark, to the city center. The line is elevated while traveling through Øresund, while it runs in a tunnel below the city center...  towards Vanløse Vanløse station Vanløse Station is an S-train and Copenhagen Metro station in the Vanløse district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The metro station at street level is the eastern terminus of lines M1 and M2. S-trains on the Frederikssund radial stop at an upper level to the south of the Metro station... ⇒

External links

• Islands Brygge station on www.m.dk