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.
Famous quotes containing the word station:
“How soon country people forget. When they fall in love with a city it is forever, and it is like forever. As though there never was a time when they didn’t love it. The minute they arrive at the train station or get off the ferry and glimpse the wide streets and the wasteful lamps lighting them, they know they are born for it. There, in a city, they are not so much new as themselves: their stronger, riskier selves.”
—Toni Morrison (b. 1931)