Nørrebro station is a railway station on the S-train’s Ring line in Copenhagen. It serves the outer end of the Nørrebro district. The planned City Circle Line would see underground trains of the Copenhagen Metro begin serving the station as well.
Nørrebro Station is one of the busiest on the S-train connection between Hellerup and Ny Ellebjerg, Ringbanen It served roughly 6.5000 each day in 2004 after a few years of decline in the numbers. It is unique in several ways most noticable being that it is an elevated rail station and the striking design of the station done by architect K.T. Seest
as it is today
The station is the second station to be built in the area after. The first was Lygten Station which was part of an old connection toward Farum. It is still located right next to Nørrebro Station. Lygten Station is now working as a environment and cultural center.
The station was opened on may 15th in 1930 and was inspired by the large international train stations in cities like Berlin and London. The opening meant that a more central station was closed and created space for a series of green areas on Nørrebro.
The station has a large arched roof covering one end of the platforms. Unlike
its inspiration the roof as rather short and makes it a strange and very noticable addition to the city images. Each of the two platforms has an elevator installed that creates two noticable towers on each side of the roof. The roof is situated on top of the main bulk of the building serving as wide stairs ledding down into the lobby that is located directly under the rail tracks. There is today a Kort-&- Godt-shop located in the lobby as the only function along with public telephones. Along the backside there are several covered stands for bikes. On the front the building creates a covered area under the stairs with an arcade along the street with bus stops. Further down along the elevated rail creates spaces for shops of different kinds.
On the other end the rail passes over Nørrebrogade with the viaduct creating shelter for busstops.