Glostrup station

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Glostrup station is a station on the Høje Taastrup radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located close to the historical, administrative and commercial center of Glostrup municipality, but also serves Brøndbyvester in Brøndby municipality, whose boundary comes within a few hundred meters from the station.

In front of the station is a major bus terminal from which local and express buses go in many directions.

Glostup is one of the few remaining stations in Copenhagen that is an active rail freight destination. Sidings to industries west, south, and east of the station emerge from a small freight yard south of the long-distance tracks.

[edit] History

Glostrup was one of the original stations on the railway from Copenhagen to Roskilde that opened in 1847.

From 17 June 1953 to 26 May 1963 Glostrup was the western endpoint of the S-train network. After the S-train line was extended to Taastrup in 1963, trains on the long-distance tracks ceased calling at Glostrup, but the long-distance platform was kept for use during disturbances in the service.

From 2000 to early 2005, direct regional trains between Roskilde and Copenhagen Airport stopped at the long-distance platform at Glostrup, but this service was ceased in order to free up capacity on the congested long-distance tracks.

Preceding station		S-train		Following station
Albertslund toward Høje Taastrup		Bx		Danshøj toward Farum
		B		Brøndbyøster toward Holte

Coordinates: 55°39′46.5″N, 12°23′50″E