Vangede station
S-train station | |
Location | 145 Vangedevej, Gentofte |
Coordinates | 55°44′22″N 12°31′25″E / 55.73944°N 12.52361°ECoordinates: 55°44′22″N 12°31′25″E / 55.73944°N 12.52361°E |
Owned by | DSB |
Platforms | Island platform |
Tracks | 2 |
History | |
Opened | 1906 |
Vangede station is a station on the Farum radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located in the Vangede district of Gentofte Municipality.
History[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Vangede_Station_1953.jpg/220px-Vangede_Station_1953.jpg)
Vangede Station in 1953
Vangede Station was not one of the original stations of the Slangerup Line. It was created in 1906 and the first station building was a red brick building designed by Heinrich Wenck. It was demolished shortly after a new station building opened in 1968 in connection with the preparation of electrification and conversion of the railway into an S-train line.[1]
Service[]
Taastrup Station is served by B trains.
Vangede station
In popular culture[]
The station is used as a location in the films Sønnen fra Amerika (1957) and (1961).[2]
References[]
- ^ "København - Slangerup Banen" (in Danish). evp.dk. Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ "Vangede Station". danskefilm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 March 2017.
External links[]
Media related to Vangede Station at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Copenhagen S-train stations
- Danish railway station stubs