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25-678: The station is located on the Coast Line between Copenhagen and Helsingør , and is the northern terminus of the Klampenborg radial of Copenhagen's S-train network. It is served by a frequent regional rail service between Helsingør and Copenhagen, operated by Danish State Railways , as well as line C of the S-train network. Train service began by the Zealand Railway Company ( Danish : Det Sjællandske Jernbaneselskab (DSJS)) in 1863 and

50-778: A home for beggars after a new hospital was built closer to the city. The naval officer Charles Frédéric le Sage de Fontenay acquired it in the 18th century and converted it into a country house. A harbor was built on the coast between 1869 and 1873. The new Tuborg Brewery was inaugurated that same year. In 1887, Carl Ludvig Ibsen began to acquire land in the area with the intention to sell it off in lots to developers and private citizens. He purchased Hellerupgård, Lille Mariendal and Slukefter in Hellerup as well as Smakkegård, Rygård, Lundegård and Stengård in Gentofte. The land in Hellerup alone added up to 37 hectares. He also reclaimed an area along

75-594: A railway between Copenhagen and Helsingør (Elsinore) had been proposed since the childhood of railways. The North Line was built though Helsingør in 1864 and in 1863 the connection between Copenhagen and Klampenborg Station as a sort of daytrip and tourist route. In 1890 the Minister of the Interior , Hans Peter Ingerslev ( Conservative People's Party ), a proposition of a state railway between Klampenborg and Helsingør, but it went four years of discussion and negotiations before

100-500: A residential area with numerous apartments overlooking the harbour. The site is also home to the headquarters of several Danish and international companies. Hellerup is home to the science center Experimentarium . The coast road, Strandvejen , runs through the main thoroughfare of the town and is home to numerous shops and boutiques. Other features of Strandvejen are the beach at Charlottenlund Beach Park and Charlottenlund Palace . Hellerup also has two churches, one built in 1900 and

125-601: A single tree was cut down. A number of citizens also were active in the debate about the choice of route and placing of stations. Because of rules decided by the Ministry of War, the railway had to go in a large curve out over the lakes to Nørrebro and onwards towards the Øresund Coast at Hellerup . Hellerup station was built in the 1860s because it was where the North Line and the Klampenborg Line split, and not because there

150-613: Is a regional railway line between Helsingør (Elsinore) and Copenhagen in Denmark . It was opened in 1897, and is one of the busiest railway lines in Denmark. Kystbanen is operated by Danish State Railways (DSB). Its original terminus was Østerport Station , but when the station was connected with Copenhagen Central Station in 1917, the terminus moved there. When the Øresund Bridge opened in 2000, service extended to Malmö in Sweden , though

175-431: Is bounded by the municipal border with Copenhagen ( Østerbro ) to the south, the Øresund to the east, Charlottenlund Forrest to the north, Lyngbyvej to the southwest and Niels Andersens Vej/Eivindsvej to the northwest. As of a January 2012, Hellerup had a population of 18,781, equaling 25% of the municipal population. The Hellerup postal district (2900 Hellerup) includes a somewhat larger area since part of Østerbro has

200-843: Is only between three and six minutes between each station, it has not been operated by S-trains . Lately the line has been operated by modern and comfortable trains, including DSB's first electric locomotives , litra EA (on the Coast Line since 1986) and the new electric regional train litra ER , started service the Coast Line in the mid 1990s. Today the main service on the line is Oresund trains that operate between Helsingør via Copenhagen and Copenhagen Airport to Malmö in Sweden and ER trains between Nivå and Kastrup . In rush hour , these trains are supplemented with higher speed commuter train operated with various stock. The replacement of steam locomotive with diesel multiple units started in 1935, but

225-406: The surveyors could stop their work and the construction workers enter the field. The Ministry of War wanted to have a railway to Vedbæk , as long as it wasn't built so close to the coast that it could be bombarded by a foreign naval fleet in Øresund , and as long as the railway could be removed quickly. The Forestry Department didn't have any objections against the railway as long as not even

250-571: The Ministry of War was constructed as a temporary building. First 20 years later the line between Copenhagen Central Station and Østerport was taken into use, and the Coast Line got its present form on 1 December 1917. In 2007 the Danish government in cooperation with Skånetrafiken announced it would invite transportation companies to take over the Coast Line. Several European operators most notably SJ , Arriva , Connex , and DSBFirst . DSBFirst won this bid due to their plan of introducing 7-Eleven to

275-571: The coast just north of Tuborg Breweries, leading to the creation of the three parallel streets resulted in the streets Frederikkevej, Marievej og Carolinevej. He did not build on the land himself but prepared it with sewers and roads and then sold it off in lots to developers and private citizens. In the mid-1890s, redevelopment of the areas on the west side of Strandvejen began, resulting in streets such as Ryvangs Allé, Svanemøllevej, Callisensvej, Ehlersvej and Tuborgvej. A new gasworks, Strandvejsgasværket, opened adjacent to Tuborg Breweries in 1893. Many of

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300-424: The future partially because of the open layout, international contacts and project-based education. It also runs a 5-year Math and Science program in collaboration with Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium. Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium is a public secondary school that was attended by Prince Felix of Denmark from 2018 to 2021. Øregård Gymnasium was founded in 1903 as Plock Ross School. In 1919, Gentofte municipality took over

325-433: The majority of stations, keeping the current system of permanently staffed trains, and promising better scheduling. Moreover, there was a sense that it was more convenient because DSB already had trains suited to operate under the two different volt systems used for railway electrification in Denmark and Sweden. Despite serving food and coffee for passengers on their first Monday of operation, they did not win over passengers as

350-471: The merchant and shipowner Erich Erichsen . He commissioned the French architect Joseph-Jacques Ramée to build a new house in 1802. Other country houses included Øregård , Blidah and Taffelbay. One of the oldest properties in the area was Vartov, a former watermill which had been acquired by Frederick II in 1566 and used as a hunting lodge. It was converted into a hospital for the poor in 1607 and later used as

375-458: The new homes had WCs and electricity. In 1916, Ibsen placed his remaining land in a company, A/S De Ibsenske Grunde i Gjentofte Sogn, which existed until 1945. Notable sites in Hellerup include " Store og Lille Tuborg ", which later lent the name to the Tuborg breweries that opened on the site and operated until the merger of the companies brewing operations with Carlsberg . As of 1996, it has been

400-464: The other in 1959. The ASA Film studio, founded in 1936, was based in Hellerup and produced some of the most notable films in Denmark. Tranegårdskolen is a state school located in Hellerup. Among others it is attended by the four children of the Danish King and Queen . Rygaards International School is located in Hellerup. Hellerup School is also located in Hellerup. It's known as the school of

425-413: The postal code 2900 Hellerup. In spite of its name, with the suffix -rup , Hellerup does not originate in an old village. In the 18th century the area was still open countryside with scattered country houses. One of them, Lokkerup, was renamed Hellerupgård when it was acquired by Johan David Heller in 1748. It would later lend its name to the modern district of Hellerup. Hellerupgård was later purchased by

450-486: The redeveloped brewery site of Tuborg Breweries , with the Waterfront Shopping Center, a marina and the headquarters of several large companies. Other parts of the district consist of single family detached homes . Local landmarks include the science centre Experimentarium and the art Øregaard Museum . With an area of approximately 515 hectares , Hellerup covers 20% of the municipality. The district

475-590: The section between Copenhagen and Malmö is a separate railway, the Øresund Line . The railway services some well-known sights and locations such as Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk , Kronborg Castle in Elsinore , and Dyrehavsbakken in Klampenborg . Since 2023 Kystbanen has no longer been served by Øresund trains to Sweden, and is instead integrated into DSB's regional train network, with trains continuing from Copenhagen to stations on Zealand . Plans for

500-474: The station is designed in National Romantic style. The station site also include an open waiting area covered by an elaborate cast iron roof. All buildings are listed. Klampenborg station is used as a location in the popular 1953 Danish family comedy film Father of Four , and the 2000 Danish black comedy crime film Flickering Lights . Coast Line (Denmark) Kystbanen ("The Coast Line")

525-416: The trains were delayed and packed. For the next few months the trains had an average delay percentage of 10, causing outcry among frequent passengers and a massive drop in rating. As of June 2009, DSBFirst managed to regain much passenger support through fewer delayed trains due to a change in timetables and better education of the train managers. The unique feature of the Coast Line is that despite that there

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550-487: Was a need for a station at the place. The stretch between Østerport and Hellerup was first taken into use with the opening of the Coast Line in 1897. Østerport was the initial terminus of the line, was originally called Kystbanestationen, Østerbro, København Ø and Østbanegaarden. Architect Heinrich Wenk , who drew many of the stations on the railway, was also responsible for the Eastern Station, that after decree from

575-448: Was first completed in 1965. Originally the Coast Line was operated by litra K and litra O steam engines and later by litra S engines that were acquired in the 1920s. From about 1960 the main stock was the diesel electric locomotives MX , MY and later MZ and ME . Electrification of the railway started in Nivå in 1982 and was completed on 19 March 1986 when the electric operation

600-415: Was initialized with litra EA locomotives. Download coordinates as: Hellerup Hellerup ( Danish pronunciation: [ˈhelˀəʁɔp] ) is a very affluent district of Gentofte Municipality in the suburbs of Copenhagen , Denmark. The most urban part of the district is centred on Strandvejen and is bordered by Østerbro to the south and the Øresund to the east. It comprises Tuborg Havn ,

625-520: Was taken over by DSB in 1864. The current station building was built in 1897. Like the other stations on the Øresund line, it was designed by Heinrich Wenck . The station was among the first served by the S-train , as service began on the 3 of April 1934 when the line Frederiksberg-Vanløse-Hellerup-Klampenborg was opened. In line with the stations on the Coast line, as well as of Heinrich Wenck 's work in general,

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