Vejen fører til stationen.

Because vejen is the definite form: the road.

In Danish, the definite article is often added to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word.

• vej = road
• vejen = the road

So Vejen fører til stationen means The road leads to the station.

For the same reason: stationen means the station.

• station = station
• stationen = the station

Danish usually adds -en or -et to make a noun definite.

Because Danish normally uses a suffix definite article.

Instead of saying something like the road, Danish often says:

• vej
  • -en = vejen

and

• station
  • -en = stationen

So the idea of the is built into the noun itself.

Here, fører means leads.

The verb is at føre, which can mean things like:

• to lead
• to guide
• sometimes to carry/conduct
• in other contexts, to drive or to operate

In this sentence, fører til means leads to.

Til usually means to or toward.

In fører til, it gives the idea of leading to a place or result.

So:

• fører til stationen = leads to the station

This is a very common preposition with movement, direction, and destination.

The word order is:

subject + verb + prepositional phrase

So:

• Vejen = subject
• fører = verb
• til stationen = prepositional phrase

This is a normal Danish main-clause pattern.

Yes. Fører is the present tense form of at føre.

So:

• at føre = to lead
• fører = leads / is leading

Danish present tense is often formed by adding -r to the infinitive stem.

Yes, that is also possible in many contexts.

Both fører til and leder til can mean leads to. However, they may feel slightly different depending on context:

• leder til is often a very direct match for leads to
• fører til can sound a bit broader and is also common

In a sentence about a road or route, both may be understood, but fører til stationen is perfectly natural.

A rough English-friendly guide is VY-en, but that is only approximate.

A few notes:

• v in Danish is often softer than in English
• ej sounds somewhat like the vowel in English my
• the final -en is a weak ending

So vejen does not sound like it is spelled in English.

A rough approximation is something like FUR-er, but with a front rounded vowel that English does not really have.

A few points:

• ø is a special Danish vowel
• the r affects the sound strongly
• the ending is not pronounced as clearly as in careful English speech

So the spelling is helpful, but the real Danish pronunciation takes practice.

Usually, yes, in this exact sentence it will normally be understood literally: the road leads to the station.

But fører til can also be used more abstractly in other sentences, for example to mean:

• results in
• leads to

So the expression itself can be literal or figurative, depending on context.

Yes, but then the definite form changes a little.

Without an adjective:

• vejen = the road

With an adjective:

• den lange vej = the long road

So when a noun has an adjective before it, Danish usually uses:

• a separate definite word like den
• and the noun often appears without the suffixed definite ending

That is an important pattern to learn early.