Sparkær railway station is a railway station serving the small railway town of

Sparkær Sparkær is a small railway town in Viborg Municipality in central Jutland, Denmark. It is located west of Viborg. As of 1 January 2024, Sparkær has a population of 616.

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. The station is located on the Langå-Struer Line from Langå to Struer. It opened in 1865, closed in 1979, but reopened in 2022. It offers direct regional train services to

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and Struer. The train services are operated by the railway company GoCollective.

History

Sparkær station opened on 17 October 1865 with the opening of the Viborg-Skive section of the Langå-Struer railway line. On 27 May 1979 the station was closed, but the station reopened on 11 December 2022.

Operations

The train services are operated by the mulitinational railway company GoCollective. The station offers direct regional train services to

and .

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Banedanmark
– government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
GoCollective
– private public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
Danske Jernbaner
– website with information on railway history in Denmark Buildings and structures in Viborg Municipality Railway stations in the Central Denmark Region Railway stations in Denmark opened in 1865 1865 establishments in Denmark Railway stations closed in 1979 Railway stations opened in 2022 2022 establishments in Denmark Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 2020s {{Denmark-railstation-stub