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Dyssegård railway station

railway station in Gentofte Municipality, Denmark

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ2615777 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dyssegård station is a suburban rail railway station on the Farum radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark.

History

The station opened on 22 May 1932. In March 2014, the Danish Traffic Agency (Trafikstyrelsen) proposed a closure of the station as a result of its relatively low passenger numbers.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Dyssegård railway station” as railway station in Gentofte Municipality, Denmark. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1932, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1932-05-22. The account is most persuasive where Dyssegård, railway and station can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as railway station in Gentofte Municipality, Denmark. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2615777. Authority coordinates are 55.732, 12.536. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1932 and 2014.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Dyssegård railway station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Dyssegård railway station primary sources, Dyssegård railway station archive and Dyssegård research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Dyssegård railway station”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Dyssegård railway station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.