Ingerslevsgade is a street in the Vesterbro district of

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. It begins on the rear side of

Copenhagen Central Station Copenhagen Central Station ( da, Københavns Hovedbanegård , abbreviated ''København H'') is the main railway station in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the largest railway station in Denmark. With more than 100,000 travellers every day, it is the se ...

and follows the northwest side of the railway tracks to Enghave station. It also passes the

Dybbølsbro station Dybbølsbro is a central S-train station in Copenhagen, Denmark. History The station opened on 1 November 1934 when S-train service was extended from København H to Valby. A fourth platform was inaugurated in 2009. Platforms The four platforms a ...

where Dybbøl Bridge connects it to

Kalvebod Brygge Kalvebod Brygge (literally "Kalvebod Quay") is a waterfront area in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The name also refers to a section of the Ring 2 ring road which follows the waterfront from Langebro in the north to the H. C. Ø ...

and

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on the other side of the railway tracks. The street is named after the politician

Hans Peter Ingerslev Hans Peter Ingerslev (3 May 1831 – 20 April 1896) was a Danish politician and minister. He was born in 1831 on Marselisborg Manor in Aarhus, owned by his parents Caspar Peder Rothe Ingerslev and Marie Meulengracht. Hans Peter Ingerslev graduat ...

, who was involved in the construction of the Free Port of Copenhagen.

Notable buildings

The first part of the street, from the Central Station to Dybbøl Bridge, passes the

DGI-byen DGI-byen is a facility that houses various spa facilities, restaurants, hotels, conference facilities, a bowling alley, flexible multi-centres, sports clubs, a superellipse shaped swimming pool and Vandkulturhuset, (Danish for "Water Culture ...

sports and conference centre and the White Meat District. The rest of the street is lined by apartment blocks from about 1900.

Long-distance buses

Most national and international buses that run through

have their main stop in Copenhagen at Ingerslevsgade, adjacent to the

complex near

. These include buses for

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Swebus Express Swebus Express AB, trading as just Swebus between 2009 and 2018, was one of Sweden's largest long distance coach operators. Swebus had a "seat guarantee" for journeys bought at least 24 hours before departure, meaning it promised to bring in ...

and

Eurolines Eurolines is a brand of intercity bus service owned by an international non-profit organisation formed under Belgian law. Using the Eurolines brand, partner bus companies operate service to over 600 destinations in 36 countries of Europe, as wel ...

."Bus terminal Ingerslevsgade"
VisitDenmark (accessed 2014-01-27). The street has no proper facilities for a bus station, just a few simple rain and wind shelters. Passengers board the buses from the bicycle path. The bus area is located near track 12 of the Central Station (west side), just south of the Tietgensgade bridge which goes over the tracks.

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