The Thy Line ( da, Thybanen) is a long

standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...

single track railway line in Denmark which runs between Struer and Thisted through the historical region of Thy. The railway opened in 1882. It is owned and maintained by Rail Net Denmark and served with

passenger train A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line. These trains may consist of unpowered passenger railroad cars (also known as coaches or carriages) hauled by one or more locomotives, or may be self-propelled; self pr ...

s by Arriva and the

Danish State Railways DSB, an abbreviation of ''Danske Statsbaner'' (, ''Danish State Railways''), is the largest Danish train operating company, and the largest in Scandinavia. While DSB is responsible for passenger train operation on most of the Danish railways, goo ...

(DSB). The Thy Line runs north from Struer, crossing the Limfjord on a long bascule bridge, the

Oddesund Bridge Oddesund Bridge ( da, Oddesundbroen) is a road and railway bascule bridge that crosses the Oddesund strait between the peninsulas of Jutland and Thyholm in Denmark. It connects mainland Jutland with the historical region of Thy. It is on the Thy ...

. From Oddesund the line cuts through the

peninsula A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...

of Thyholm and continues through Thy to reach Thisted.

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Banedanmark
–

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responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
DSB
– largest Danish

train operating company A train operating company (TOC) is a business operating Passenger Trains, passenger trains on the Rail transport in Great Britain, railway system of Great Britain under the collective National Rail brand. TOCs have existed since the Privatisation ...

Arriva
– British multinational public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
Danske Jernbaner
– website with information on railway history in Denmark

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thy Line Railway lines in Denmark Railway lines opened in 1882 1882 establishments in Denmark Rail transport in the Central Denmark Region Rail transport in the North Jutland Region