Odense Station (Danish: Odense Banegård Center) is the main railway station of the city of Odense, Denmark. Situated as a major station on the Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov line, it is also a terminus for Svendborgbanen.
The current station building is Odense's third, having opened on 15 September 1995. The first one, now demolished, opened in 1865 with the rest of the railway line across Funen (Dronning Louises Jernbane), replaced in 1914 by the still-existing building drawn by Heinrich Wenck.
Historically, Odense station has been the central hub of railways on Funen, being the terminus for a handful of now closed railways:
- Nordfyenske Jernbane (NFJ, 1882–1966)
- Odense–Kerteminde–Martofte Jernbane (OKMJ, 1900–1966)
- Odense–Nørre Broby–Fåborg Jernbane (ONFJ, 1906–1954)
- Nordvestfyenske Jernbane (OMB, 1911–1966)
Besides the stations serves international services to Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Stockholm (Sweden) And Basel (Switzerland/France)
The Danish Railway Museum is located in the roundhouse immediately north of Odense station.
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Of Man what see we, but his station here,
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—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)