Copenhagen Airport railway station

Københavns Lufthavn
Copenhagen Airport railway station in 2005
General information
LocationTerminal 3
2770 Kastrup[1]
Tårnby Municipality
Denmark
Elevation4.5 metres (15 ft)[2]
SystemMain line and Copenhagen Metro
OwnerDSB (station infrastructure)[3]
Banedanmark (rail infrastructure)[3]
Lines
Platforms4
Tracks4
Train operators
Construction
Structure type
Below grade
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeCph
Location

Copenhagen Airport railway station (Danish: Københavns Lufthavn Station) is a railway station in Tårnby, Denmark, serving Copenhagen Airport.[1] It is located below ground directly under the check-in and arrival area in the airport's Terminal 3.

The station is served by DSB’s regional trains, as well as the Øresundståg network (which links it to southern Sweden). The nearby Lufthavnen metro station is served by the Copenhagen Metro’s line M2. The stations take their names from Copenhagen Airport, to which they are connected. It is located in fare zone 4.

History

The station opened on 27 September 1998, and was subsequently reconstructed and reopened on 28 September 2007, with a connection to the Copenhagen Metro opening the following month.

Temporarily from 4 January 2016 to 4 May 2017, Sweden required train and bus transport companies entering Sweden to perform full identity check of every passenger, because of the European migrant crisis.[5] For that reason the Southern platform was used only for departures to Sweden, with border checks at openings in fence erected along the platform. All arrivals and all departures to Denmark used the Northern platform. Only the regional trains towards Helsingør and Sweden used Copenhagen Airport station, all other trains did not go here during this period.

In April of 2026, two new platforms were opened at the station. Located outside north of the previous platforms and below the Lufthavnen metro station, tracks that were previously used primarily for freight trains had platforms added to them.[6]

Metro station

Lufthavnen metro station

Lufthavnen (‘Airport’) metro station is located slightly further off than the railway station, at the far end of Terminal 3 on the level 2. The metro connects to Nørreport Station and Vanløse station. The station is linked to Ørestad station on the M1 line by DSB regional trains.

Services

The station is served by the following types of trains:

Preceding station Danish State Railways DSB Following station
Terminus Copenhagen-Aalborg Copenhagen Central
Copenhagen-Herning-Struer Copenhagen Central
towards Struer
Copenhagen-Sønderborg Copenhagen Central
towards Sønderborg
Copenhagen–Slagelse Tårnby
towards Slagelse
Preceding station Øresundståg Following station
Tårnby
towards Østerport
Copenhagen–Lund Hyllie
towards Lund C
Copenhagen–Gothenburg Hyllie
towards Göteborg C
Copenhagen–Kalmar Hyllie
towards Kalmar C
Copenhagen–Karlskrona Hyllie
towards Karlskrona C
Preceding station SJ SJ Following station
Malmö C
towards Stockholm C
Southern Main Line Köpenhamn H
Terminus
EuroNight Odense

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Københavns Lufthavn (CPH Airport)" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Københavns Lufthavn Station (Cph)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Analyse af de danske jernbanestationer" (PDF) (in Danish). Ministry of Transport. April 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Vårt uppdrag" (in Swedish). Skånetrafiken. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  5. ↑ Border controls start on Sweden-Denmark bridge
  6. ↑ "Pendlere er glade: Københavns Lufthavn Station udvides med to perroner". DR (in Danish). 2026-04-27. Archived from the original on 2026-04-28. Retrieved 2026-07-31.

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