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Høje Taastrup station (Danish pronunciation: [ˈhʌjə ˈtsʰʌˌstʁɔp stæˈɕoˀn]) is a railway station in Høje-Taastrup municipality, Denmark, opened on 31 May 1986.

Høje Taastrup
S-train and DSB station
General information
Location	5 Banestrøget, Taastrup
Coordinates	55°38′55″N 12°16′09″E
Owned by	DSB
Platforms	3 Island platforms
Tracks	6
History
Opened	31 May 1986
Electrified	1986 (S-train), 1988 (Mainline)
Services
Preceding station DSB Following station Valby towards Østerport Copenhagen–Esbjerg InterCity Roskilde towards Esbjerg Copenhagen–Sønderborg/Padborg InterCity Roskilde towards Padborg Valby towards Helsingør Elsinore–Roskilde Hedehusene towards Roskilde Valby towards Østerport or Lufthavnen Copenhagen–Roskilde Copenhagen–Odense Hedehuseneh towards Odense Valby towards Østerport Copenhagen–Nykøbing F/Rødby/Gedser Roskilde towards Rødby Færge or Gedser Copenhagen–Kalundborg Regional train Hedehusene towards Kalundborg Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station Copenhagen Central Terminus Næstved towards Berlin Ostbahnhof Preceding station S-train Following station Terminus Bx Peak hours Taastrup towards Buddinge B Taastrup towards Farum

The station is one of the largest in Denmark. It is the terminus of S-train services B and Bx on the Taastrup radial. The station is further served by regional, InterCity and even international trains.

At the south end of the railroad station complex stands "Thor's Tower" (Torstårnet), the tallest sculpture in the Nordic countries. The railway station itself has three distinctive arches, which have become a symbol of the municipality, and have given rise to the moniker "The City of Arches" (Danish: Buernes By, which in a play on words sounds remarkably similar to the phrase Byernes By or "The City of Cities").

See also

• List of railway stations in Denmark

References

This article does not cite any sources. (December 2009)

External links

Media related to Høje Taastrup Station at Wikimedia Commons

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