Lindholm railway station is a

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serving the

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of Lindholm in the city of

Nørresundby Nørresundby () is a city in Aalborg Municipality, north of Limfjorden, in Vendsyssel, in Denmark. The urban area has a population of 23,718 (1 January 2021). It is located just north of Aalborg, which lies south of Limfjorden. Statistically its o ...

Vendsyssel Vendsyssel () is the northernmost traditional district of Denmark and of Jutland. Being divided from mainland Jutland by the Limfjord, it is technically a part of the North Jutlandic Island, but the name often used informally for the entire island. ...

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. The station is located on the

Vendsyssel railway line The Vendsyssel railway line ( da, Vendsysselbanen) is a long standard gauge single track railway line in Denmark which runs through the historical region of Vendsyssel between Aalborg and Frederikshavn in North Jutland. It constitutes the nor ...

from Aalborg to

Frederikshavn Frederikshavn () is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland, on the northeast coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. Its name translates to "Frederik's harbor". It was originally named Fladstrand. The town ...

and is part of the

Aalborg Commuter Rail Aalborg Commuter Rail ( da, Aalborg Nærbane) is a commuter rail service in and near Aalborg, Denmark. The service started in 2003 and is operated by the Danish State Railways. There is one line, from Lindholm station in Nørresundby to Skørping, ...

service. North of Lindholm station the Aalborg Airport railway line branches west to Aalborg Airport. The station opened in 2002. The train services are operated by the

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DSB and

Nordjyske Jernbaner Nordjyske Jernbaner (abbreviated NJ) is a Danish railway company operating in Region Nordjylland. The company was formed in 2001 as a merger of Hjørring Privatbaner (HP) and Skagensbanen (SB). Headquartered in Hjørring, the company is respons ...

History

Lindholm station opened in 2002 as a part of the new

service. The station is located about north of the old which was closed in 1972. For a year 2012-2013, there was no train service, only bus service, since the Limfjord Railway Bridge across the

Limfjord The Limfjord ( 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 times. However, it now has inlets both from ...

between

and Aalborg was damaged and unusable for trains due to a ship collision. In 2020 the Aalborg Airport railway line opened which branches west north of Lindholm station to Aalborg Airport and links Aalborg with its airport.

Operations

The train services are operated by the

DSB which offers direct

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connections to

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and Aalborg Airport (using the Aalborg Airport railway line to Aalborg Airport station), and

which offers direct

regional train Regional rail, also known as local trains and stopping trains, are passenger rail services that operate between towns and cities. These trains operate with more stops over shorter distances than inter-city rail, but fewer stops and faster servi ...

services to Aalborg,

Hjørring Hjørring () is a town on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Hjørring Municipality in the North Jutland Region. The population is 25,644 (ac ...

and Frederikshavn.

References

External links

Banedanmark
– government agency responsible for

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and

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of most of the Danish railway network
DSB
– largest Danish train operating company
Nordjyske Jernbaner
– Danish

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operating in

North Jutland Region The North Jutland Region ( da, Region Nordjylland), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the trad ...

Danske Jernbaner
– website with information on

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in Denmark
Nordjyllands Jernbaner
– website with information on

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