Thisted railway station

Thisted station (Danish: Thisted Station or Thisted Banegård) is a railway station serving the town of Thisted in Thy, Denmark.[1]

Thisted Station

Thisted Banegård
terminal railway station
Platform facade of Thisted station
General information
LocationJernbanegade 29
7700 Thisted[1]
Denmark
Coordinates56°57′9.5″N 8°41′17″E
Owned byDSB
Operated byArriva[2]
Line(s)Thy Line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
ArchitectN.P.C. Holsøe[3]
History
Opened20 April 1881
Services
Preceding station Arriva Following station
Sjørring
towards Struer
 Struer–Thisted
Regional train
 Terminus
Location
Thisted Station is located in Denmark
Thisted Station
Thisted Station
Location within Denmark

The station is the northern terminus of the Thy Line from Struer to Thisted. The station opened in 1882 with the opening of the Thy Line. The train services are currently operated by Arriva which run frequent local train services between Thisted and Struer, and DSB which offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen.[2]

History
DMU from DSB at Thisted station in 1976.

The station opened on 20 April 1882 to serve as the northern terminus of the new railway line from Struer to Thisted. In 1904, Thisted station also became the western terminus of the new Thisted-Fjerritslev railway line, which connected with the Fjerritslev-Frederikshavn railway line in Fjerritslev. The Thisted-Fjerritslev Line closed in 1969. In 2003, operation of the local rail services between Thisted and Struer were transferred from DSB to the public transport company Arriva.[2]

Architecture

The station building from 1881 was designed by the Danish architect N.P.C. Holsøe who was head architect of the Danish State Railways.[3]

Operations

The train services are currently operated by Arriva which run frequent local train services from Thisted station to Struer station with onward connections to the rest of Denmark.[2] DSB ran a twice daily InterCity service to Copenhagen until December 2019.[4]

See also

References

Citations
  1. "Thisted Station" (in Danish). Arriva. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. "Historien om Arriva Tog i Danmark" (in Danish). Arriva. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  3. Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  4. "Sidste DSB tog på Thybanen - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

Bibliography
  • Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03756-3.
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