Odense Station is the main railway station of the city of Odense

Odense

The city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark.Odense City has a population of 167,615 and is the main city of the island of Funen...

, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. Situated as a major station on the Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov line

Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov railway line

The Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line is the Danish railway line between the capital, Copenhagen, and the Jutland peninsula. It is administered by Banedanmark and has a length of about...

, it is also a terminus for Svendborgbanen

Svendborgbanen

Svendborgbanen is the Danish railway line between Odense and Svendborg. The line was opened on 12 July 1876.- External links :* from Banedanmark...

.

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

Heinrich Wenck

Heinrich Emil Charles Wenck was a Danish architect, known for the numerous railway stations he designed in his capacity of chief architect for the Danish State Railways from 1894 to 1921...

.

Historically, Odense station has been the central hub of railways on Funen

Funen

Funen , with a size of 2,984 km² , is the third-largest island of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the 163rd largest island of the world. Funen is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 454,358 inhabitants . The main city is Odense, connected to the...

, being the terminus for a handful of now closed railways:

• Nordfyenske Jernbane
  Nordfyenske Jernbane
  Nordfyenske Jernbane was a Danish railway connecting Odense to the coastal town of Bogense.The line was closed on March 31, 1966, simultaneously with the two other railways on northern Funen, OMB and OKMJ...
  
   (NFJ, 1882–1966)
• Odense–Kerteminde–Martofte Jernbane
  Odense–Kerteminde–Martofte Jernbane
  Odense–Kerteminde–Martofte Jernbane was a Danish railway on northeast Funen. Opened in 1900 as Odense–Kjerteminde–Dalby Jernbane , the line was extended in 1914 to the village of Martofte....
  
   (OKMJ, 1900–1966)
• Odense–Nørre Broby–Fåborg Jernbane (ONFJ, 1906–1954)
• Nordvestfyenske Jernbane
  Nordvestfyenske Jernbane
  Nordvestfyenske Jernbane was a Danish railway from Odense to Middelfart via Brenderup, with a branch from Brenderup to Bogense....
  
   (OMB, 1911–1966)

Besides the stations serves international services to Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Stockholm (Sweden) And Basel (Switzerland/France)

The Danish Railway Museum

Danish Railway Museum

The Danish Railway Museum is the national railway museum of Denmark, located in the city of Odense. Established in 1975, it is situated in a former engine shed adjacent to the city's main railway station...

 is located in the roundhouse

Roundhouse

A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables...

immediately north of Odense station.

External links

• Odense Banegård Center