standard gauge
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single track
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railway line
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Thisted
Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,461 (1 January 2022)historical region
Historical regions (or historical areas) are geographical regions which at some point in time had a cultural, ethnic
An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that ...
of Thy.
The railway opened in 1882. It is owned and maintained by Rail Net Denmark and served with
passenger train
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s by
Arriva
Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.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
The Limfjord (Danish language, common Danish: ''Limfjorden'' , in north Jutlandish dialect: ''Æ Limfjord'') is a shallow part of the sea, located in Denmark where it has been regarded as a fjord ever since Viking Age, Viking times. However, i ...
on a long
bascule bridge
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, 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
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Thisted
Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,461 (1 January 2022)Banedanmark –
government agency
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responsible for
maintenance
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and
traffic control
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train operating company
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public transport
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company operating bus and train services in Denmark
Danske Jernbaner – website with information on
railway history
The history of rail transport began in the BCE times. It can be divided into several discrete periods defined by the principal means of track material and motive power used.
Ancient systems
The Post Track, a prehistoric causeway in the va ...