Østbanetorvet railway station
Østbanetorvet | |||||||
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| railway station | |||||||
Østbanetorvet railway station in 2015 | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Skovvejen 2 8000 Aarhus C Aarhus Municipality Denmark | ||||||
| Coordinates | 56°9′48″N 10°13′0″E / 56.16333°N 10.21667°E | ||||||
| Elevation | 3.3 metres (11 ft) | ||||||
| Owned by | Banedanmark | ||||||
| Operated by | Keolis | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Architect | Niels Peder Christian Holsøe | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1877 | ||||||
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Østbanetorvet station is a railway station serving the central part of the city of Aarhus in Jutland, Denmark. Until 1983 it was known as the East Station (Danish: Østbanegården) or Aarhus East (Danish: Århus Ø).
The station opened in 1877 as the southern terminus of the Grenaa railway line between Aarhus and Grenaa. From 1933, however, all trains were continued from the station via a connecting track along the harbour to Aarhus Central Station. Since 2019, the station has been served by the Aarhus light rail system, a tram-train network combining tram lines in the city of Aarhus with operation on railway lines in the surrounding countryside.
The tracks at the station also handle freight trains to Grenaa, and will continue to do so after being converted into a lightrail station for the public.