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Sig station is a railway station serving the village of Sig near
Varde Varde is a Danish city in southwestern Jutland and is the primary city in the municipality of Varde, in Region of Southern Denmark. In 2015 municipality changed its motto to "We in nature" to emphasize its rural atmosphere. The town has an old ma ...
in West Jutland,
Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establishe ...
. Sig station is located on the
Esbjerg–Struer railway line The Esbjerg–Struer railway line ( da, Esbjerg–Struer banen), also known as the West Jutland longitudinal railway line ( da, Den Vestjyske Længdebane), is a long standard gauge single track railway line in Denmark which runs between the ci ...
from
Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022)
to Struer. The station opened in 1878. It offers
regional rail 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 ser ...
services to
Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwes ...
,
Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022)
,
Herning Herning () is a Danish town in the Central Denmark Region of the Jutland peninsula. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 50,565 (1 January 2022)Skjern, operated by the
railway company A railway company is a company within the rail industry. It can be a manufacturing firm or an operator. Some railway companies operate both the trains and the track, while, particularly in the European Union, operation of the track is undertake ...
Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational corporation, multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.railway halt with ticket sales on the
Esbjerg–Struer railway line The Esbjerg–Struer railway line ( da, Esbjerg–Struer banen), also known as the West Jutland longitudinal railway line ( da, Den Vestjyske Længdebane), is a long standard gauge single track railway line in Denmark which runs between the ci ...
, which had opened three years before. It was later promoted to a station. It has been unstaffed since 1970.


Services

The station offers direct
regional rail 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 ser ...
services to , , and
Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwes ...
, operated by the
railway company A railway company is a company within the rail industry. It can be a manufacturing firm or an operator. Some railway companies operate both the trains and the track, while, particularly in the European Union, operation of the track is undertake ...
Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational corporation, multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.List of railway stations in Denmark *
Rail transport in Denmark The rail transport system in Denmark consists of 2,633 km of railway lines, of which the Copenhagen S-train network, the main line Helsingør- Copenhagen- Padborg (at the German border), and the Lunderskov-Esbjerg line are electrified. M ...


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Banedanmark
– government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
Arriva
– multinational public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
Danske Jernbaner
– website with information on railway history in Denmark Railway stations in the Region of Southern Denmark Railway stations opened in 1878 Railway stations in Denmark opened in the 1870s Buildings and structures in Varde Municipality {{Denmark-railstation-stub