Ørestad railway station

Railway and rapid transit station in Copenhagen, Denmark

55°37′43″N 12°34′45″E / 55.62861°N 12.57917°E / 55.62861; 12.57917

Preceding station	DSB		Following station
København H towards Østerport		Copenhagen–Malmö Regional train	Tårnby towards Malmö C and beyond
Tårnby towards Copenhagen Airport		Copenhagen–Slagelse Regional train	Høje Taastrup towards Slagelse
Preceding station	Long distance trains		Following station
Malmö Central towards Stockholm Central		Snälltåget seasonal	Høje Taastrup towards Berlin Hbf
Preceding station	Copenhagen Metro		Following station
Bella Center towards Vanløse		M1	Vestamager Terminus

Location
Ørestad Location within Greater Copenhagen Show map of Greater Copenhagen Ørestad Ørestad (Denmark) Show map of Denmark

Ørestad station is a junction station served by both the Copenhagen Metro and regional trains in Copenhagen, Denmark. The penultimate stop of the M1 Line, it is located in zone 3 in the west-central section of the island of Amager.

Location

Ørestad station is one of the southernmost stations of the Copenhagen Metro system. Specifically, it lies on a viaduct paralleling the eastern edge of Ørestads Boulevard at its intersection with Arne Jacobsens Allé.

Transit-oriented development

One of six Metro stations within the Ørestad redevelopment area, significant mixed-use development and construction is underway in the area immediately surrounding the station. As the transfer point between the Metro and regional trains, Ørestad station and its environs, termed the Ørestad City district, will see the most intense levels of development, with a focus a new Ørestad Downtown.^[1]

The two most significant buildings in the area are the Ferring Building and Field's, one of Scandinavia's largest department stores at 178,000 square metres (1,920,000 sq ft).^[2] Surrounding Field's is the Ørestad Downtown, which include 205,000 square metres (2,210,000 sq ft) of commercial space. Much of the Downtown was designed by Daniel Liebeskind. Ørestad station's residential transit-oriented development is scattered in the form of smaller apartment complexes, including City Husene, Parkhusene, and Sejlhuset.^[2]