Hareskov station (, ) is a

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serving the suburb of

Hareskovby Hareskovby, or Hareskov By, is a small suburb to Copenhagen, Denmark, located just south and west of Hareskoven, one of the largest forested areas in the city's northern suburbs. It straddles the border between Furesø municipality, Furesø and H ...

northwest of

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. The station is located on the Farum radial of Copenhagen's S-train network. S-train in Hareskoven winter

History

Hareskov Station was constructed in 1906 as one of the stations on the new Copenhagen/Lygten-Slangerup Railway.Oruir to the

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, it was mainly used as an excursion destination by daytruppers from Copenhagen. Geinrich Wrnck's original station building was replaced by the current building in 1971.

Cultural references

The station was used as a location in the 1933 film '' Saa til søs''. It is one of the few films in which footage of one of the Slangerup Eailway's original

Burmeister & Wain Burmeister & Wain was a large established Danish shipyard and leading diesel engine producer headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded by two Danes and an Englishman, its earliest roots stretch back to 1846. Over its 150-year history, it g ...

diesel locomotives is seen on film. The first two carriages behind the locomotive exist to this day. The first is now used by at Museumsbanen in

Maribo Maribo is a town in Lolland Municipality in Region Zealand, Region Sjælland on the island of Lolland in south Denmark. It was the municipal seat of the former Maribo Municipality, until 1 January 2007, and then it became the seat of the cur ...

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and the second (from which the people get off) is used by Nordsjælland's Veterantog Eailway Club in

Græsted Græsted is one of the main towns of the Gribskov municipality in the Danish Region Hovedstaden. The town is in northern Sjælland, just south of Gilleleje, and has a population of 3,662 (1 January 2025). The whole of Græsted Parish had 4769 in ...

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Banedanmark
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responsible for

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and

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of most of the Danish railway network
DSB
– the Danish national

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Danske Jernbaner
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in Denmark Buildings and structures in Furesø Municipality S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations in Denmark opened in 1906 {{Denmark-railstation-stub

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