Thisted station ( or Thisted Banegård) is a railway station serving the town of Thisted in Thy, 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 which run frequent local train services between Thisted and .

History

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 , which connected with the 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.

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.

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

See also

List of railway stations in Denmark

References Citations

Bibliography

External links

Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network DSB – largest Danish train operating company GoCollective – private public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark