Ringsted railway station

Ringsted railway station (Ringsted Station or Ringsted Banegård) is a railway station serving the town of Ringsted in central Zealand, Denmark. It is located in the centre of the town, on the southern edge of the historic town centre, and immediately adjacent to the Ringsted bus station.

Ringsted station is an important railway junction where the main line Copenhagen–Fredericia, Copenhagen–Ringsted, and South Line railway lines all meet. The station opened in 1856, and its second and current station building designed by the architect Knud Tanggaard Seest was inaugurated in 1924. The station offers direct Intercity rail services to Funen, Jutland and Copenhagen, as well as regional rail services to Copenhagen, Odense and Næstved, all operated by the national railway company DSB.

History
Ringsted railway station opened on 27 April 1856, as the Copenhagen–Roskilde railway line from Copenhagen to Roskilde, the first railway line in the Kingdom of Denmark, was prolonged from Roskilde to the port city of Korsør on the west coast of Zealand by the Great Belt in 1856.

With the increasing traffic, the original station building from 1856 became too small, and in 1924 the second and current station building was inaugurated.

On 31 May 2019, a new high-speed railway line between Copenhagen and Ringsted via the new Køge North railway station was inaugurated.

Architecture
The second and present station building from 1925 was designed by the Danish architect Knud Tanggaard Seest who was the head architect of the Danish State Railways from 1922 to 1949.

Cultural references
Ringsted railway station is used as a location in the 1942 Danish comedy film Frk. Vildkat Ut is also used as a location in an episode of DR television series ''Rejseholdet.