Copenhagen South station was originally opened under the name
Ny Ellebjerg (Ny meaning "New") as an interchange station between the
Køge Bugt Line and the
Ring Line of the Copenhagen
S-train system. Before the station opened on 6 January 2007, there was an S-train station called
Ellebjerg station a few hundred metres southwest of the current station, where the Køge Bugt Line passes over Ellebjergvej. That station is now closed. New platforms were opened in 2013 for the high-speed
Copenhagen–Ringsted Line, on which trains run via to , in future at up to 250 km/h. The station's name was changed from
Ny Ellebjerg to
København Syd (Copenhagen South) on 10 December 2023, in connection with the station's development into a major transport hub. Copenhagen South station became the southern terminus of the
M4 line of the
Copenhagen Metro, when the extension opened on 22 June 2024. == Art in the station ==