Lufthavnen Station
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Lufthavnen Station is a rapid transit station of the Copenhagen Metro
, located at Copenhagen Airport
on the island of Amager
. The station is the terminus of the M2 line
and is located in fare zone 4.
Trains approach the station by a bridge over the Øresund Motorway (E20)
. The platform area is constructed above the Øresund Railway adjoining a multi-storey car park
. The station connects to the airport at the north end of Terminal 3 on level 2.
Intercity trains operate out of the Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup Station
which is located beneath the airport terminal building.
Copenhagen Metro
Copenhagen Metro is a rapid transit system serving Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and Tårnby in Denmark. The system opened between 2002 and 2007, and has two lines, M1 and M2. The driverless light metro supplements the larger S-train rapid transit system, and is integrated with DSB local trains and...
, located at Copenhagen Airport
Copenhagen Airport
Copenhagen Airport is the main international airport serving Copenhagen, Denmark and the Oresund Region. It is located on the island of Amager, south of Copenhagen city centre, and west of Malmö city centre on the other side of the Oresund Bridge. The airport lies mainly in the municipality...
on the island of Amager
Amager
Amager is a Danish island in the Øresund. The Danish capital, Copenhagen, is partly situated on Amager, which is connected to the much larger island of Zealand by five bridges.-History:...
. The station is the terminus of the M2 line
M2 (Copenhagen)
M2 is a line of the Copenhagen Metro, colored yellow on the map. It runs from Vanløse to Lufthavnen through the center of Copenhagen, sharing track with the M1 from Vanløse to Christianshavn. The line was built along with M1 as part of the redevelopment of Ørestad. The principle of the line was...
and is located in fare zone 4.
Trains approach the station by a bridge over the Øresund Motorway (E20)
European route E20
The European route E 20 is part of the United Nations International E-road network.It runs roughly west-east through Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia and finally Russia. The length is . The road is not continuous, at three points, a sea crossing is required. ...
. The platform area is constructed above the Øresund Railway adjoining a multi-storey car park
Multi-storey car park
A multi-storey car-park is a building designed specifically to be for car parking and where there are a number of floors or levels on which parking takes place...
. The station connects to the airport at the north end of Terminal 3 on level 2.
Intercity trains operate out of the Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup Station
Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup Station
Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup Station is a railway station in Tårnby, Denmark, served by DSB’s regional trains including the Oresundtrain network. The nearby Lufthavnen metro station is served by the Copenhagen Metro’s line M2. The reconstructed railway station opened 2007-09-28, and Metro service...
which is located beneath the airport terminal building.