Thisted railway station explained

Thisted Station
Name Lang:en
Native Name:Thisted Banegård
Native Name Lang:da
Type:terminal railway station
Address:Jernbanegade 29
7700 Thisted
Borough:Thisted Municipality
Country:Denmark
Coordinates:56.9526°N 8.6881°W
Map Type:Denmark
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Line:Thy Line
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Architect:N.P.C. Holsøe[1]
Opened:20 April 1881
Owned:DSB
Operator:GoCollective

Thisted station (Danish: 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 GoCollective 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 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.

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.[2]

Operations

The train services are currently operated by GoCollective 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.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: N.P. Holsøe. Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Vigand Rasmussen. June 29, 2021.
  2. Web site: N.P. Holsøe. Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Vigand Rasmussen. June 29, 2021.
  3. Web site: Sidste DSB tog på Thybanen - YouTube . YouTube . 3 August 2023.