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Thisted Station

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Owned by
  
Banedanmark

Line(s)
  
Thy Line

Address
  
7700 Thisted, Denmark

Owner
  
Banedanmark

Operated by
  
Arriva DSB

Tracks
  
2

Opened
  
20 April 1881

Platforms in use
  
2

Thisted Station

Location
  
Jernbanegade 29 7700 Thisted Denmark

Architect
  
Niels Peter Christian Holsøe

Similar
  
Sjørring station, Hurup Thy station, Lyngs station, Snedsted station, Uglev station

Thisted station


Thisted station (Danish: Thisted Banegård) is a railway station serving the town of Thisted, 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.

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History

The station opened on 20 April 1882 to serve as 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.

Architecture

The station building was designed by architect N.P.C. Holsøe.

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. DSB runs a twice daily InterCity service to Copenhagen.

References

Thisted Station Wikipedia