A (S-train)
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A is a service on the S-train network in Copenhagen. It is one of the base services on the network, running every 20 minutes from about 5:00 to 1:00 every day. It runs between Hundige (serving all stations on the inner part of the Køge radial) and Hillerød (with limited stops until Holte).
[edit] Stops
- Hundige
- Ishøj
- Vallensbæk
- Brøndby Strand
- Avedøre
- Friheden
- Åmarken
- Ellebjerg
- Sjælør
- Sydhavn
- Dybbølsbro
- København H
- Vesterport
- Nørreport
- Østerport
- Nordhavn
- Svanemøllen
- Hellerup
- (skipping Bernstorffsvej, Gentofte, Jægersborg)
- Lyngby
- (skipping Sorgenfri, Virum)
- Holte
- Birkerød
- Høvelte (only late at night, only in direction from Hundige, not in public timetable)
- Allerød
- Hillerød
[edit] History
Since the first part of the Køge radial opened in 1972, letter A has been used for the principal service on its inner part. Before that time the most constant characteristic of service A was that it ran on the Klampenborg radial in the northern end of the system.
| Name | Southern end | Years | Northern end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | all stops to Valby | 1934–1940 | Klampenborgbanen: all stops to Klampenborg |
| terminated at København H | 1940–1950 | ||
| A | Frederikssundbanen: all stops to Vanløse |
1950–1952 | |
| as above, extended to Herlev in rush hours | 1952–1972 | ||
| Køgebugtbanen: all stops to Vallensbæk |
1972–1976 | ||
| all stops to Hundige | 1976–1979 | ||
| all stops to Hundige; extended to Solrød evenings and weekends | 1979–1983 | Nordbanen: all stops to Holte |
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| all stops to Hundige | 1983–1989 | ||
| 1989–1999 | Nordbanen: to Hillerød, non-stop Østerport-Hellerup-Lyngby-Holte |
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| 1999–2007 | as above except all stops until Hellerup | ||
| 2007- | Hareskovbanen: all stops to Farum |
