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	Ørestad Location within Greater Copenhagen Ørestad Ørestad (Denmark)

Ørestad
Ørestad
Main line and Copenhagen Metro rapid transit station
	Ørestad station in 2014
General information
Location	Ørestads Boulevard 89; 2300 Copenhagen S; Copenhagen Municipality; Denmark
Coordinates	55°37′43″N 12°34′45″E / 55.62861°N 12.57917°E
Elevation	4.7 metres (15 ft)
Platforms	2 side platforms(Regional service); 1 island platform (Metro)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Trench (Regional service); Elevated (Metro)
Platform levels	3
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Øre
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	19 October 2002 (Metro)
Services
Location
Location
	Ørestad Location within Greater Copenhagen Ørestad Ørestad (Denmark)

Ørestad station is a main line and rapid transit railway station serving the development area of Ørestad in the district of Amager Vest in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[1] The station is a junction station served by both the Copenhagen Metro and regional trains. The penultimate stop of the M1 Line, it is located in zone 3 in the west-central section of the island of Amager.

Location

Ørestad station is one of the southernmost stations of the Copenhagen Metro system. Specifically, it lies on a viaduct paralleling the eastern edge of Ørestads Boulevard at its intersection with Arne Jacobsens Allé.

Transit-oriented development

One of six Metro stations within the Ørestad redevelopment area, significant mixed-use development and construction is underway in the area immediately surrounding the station. As the transfer point between the Metro and regional trains, Ørestad station and its environs, termed the Ørestad City district, will see the most intense levels of development, with a focus a new Ørestad Downtown.^[3]

The two most significant buildings in the area are the Ferring Building and Field's, one of Scandinavia's largest department stores at 178,000 square metres (1,920,000 sq ft).^[4] Surrounding Field's is the Ørestad Downtown, which include 205,000 square metres (2,210,000 sq ft) of commercial space. Much of the Downtown was designed by Daniel Liebeskind. Ørestad station's residential transit-oriented development is scattered in the form of smaller apartment complexes, including City Husene, Parkhusene, and Sejlhuset.^[4]

History

The railway station opened in 2000. The Metro station opened in 2002.

References

^ ^a ^b "Ørestad Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ "Ørestad Trinbræt (Øre)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 December 2024.
^ Ørestad overview BY&HAVN Retrieved 2012-06-27
^ ^a ^b 2010 construction update BY&HAVN Retrieved 2012-06-27