Ballerup station

Ballerup
S-train station
General information
Location	Banegårdspladsen 3, 2750 Ballerup Ballerup Municipality
Coordinates	55.7298°N 12.3582°E / 55.7298; 12.3582
Owned by	DSB
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Bus routes	143, 144, 147, 156, 157, 164, 216, 400, 350S, 400S, 500S, 834, 835
Other information
Station code	Ba
Fare zone	42
Website	Official website
History
Opened	17 June 1879 (17 June 1879)
Rebuilt	15 May 1949 (S-train)
Electrified	1949 (S-train)

Ballerup station is a station on the Frederikssund radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is in the middle of the suburb of Ballerup. The station complex includes a shopping center and a large bus terminal, which is the terminus for many local bus lines and buses through the rural areas outside the urban corridor that continues towards Frederikssund.

The station is the terminus for most trains on the C S-train service, and contains a group of parking and reversing tracks between the main tracks west of the platform.

History

Rendering of Ballerup station. c. 1879.

Ballerup was one of the original stations on the railway to Frederikssund, which opened on 17 June 1879. On 15 May 1949, the S-train network was extended to Ballerup and, for 40 years, Ballerup was a main transfer point between S-trains and the local diesel trains between Ballerup and Frederikssund. On 28 May 1989, S-train service was extended all the way to Frederikssund.

Services

Preceding station	S-train			Following station
Terminus		H Mon–Fri		Malmparken towards Østerport
Måløv One-way operation		H Special early morning trains Departs from Frederikssun at 04:37, 04:57, 05:17 (Mon–Fri)
Måløv towards Frederikssund		C		Malmparken towards Klampenborg

See also

• List of railway stations in Denmark

External links

• Official website
• (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
• (in Danish) DSB – the Danish national train operating company
• (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark