Thisted station ( da, 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 The Thy Line ( da, Thybanen) is a long standard gauge 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 Denma ...

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

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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.

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Banedanmark
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government agency A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administrati ...

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 Thisted Buildings and structures in Thisted Railway stations in the North Jutland Region Railway stations opened in 1882 1882 establishments in Denmark Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1880s {{Denmark-railstation-stub