Sparkær Railway Station
Sparkær railway station is a railway station serving the small railway town of Sparkær in Jutland, Denmark.
The station is located on the Langå-Struer Line from Langå to Struer. It opened in 1865, closed in 1979, but reopened in 2022. It offers direct regional train services to Aarhus and Struer. The train services are operated by the railway company GoCollective.
History
Sparkær station opened on 17 October 1865 with the opening of the Viborg-Skive section of the Langå-Struer railway line. On 27 May 1979 the station was closed, but the station reopened on 11 December 2022.
Operations
The train services are operated by the mulitinational railway company GoCollective. The station offers direct regional train services to Aarhus and Struer.
See also
References
Citations
- ^ "Sparkær Station" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ Jensen 1979, p. 8.
- ^ Sparkær Station (Sp) on Danske Jernbaner
- ^ Lise, Soelberg; Poulsen, Allan Bo (11 December 2022). "I 43 år har de set toget suse forbi, men fra i dag standser det: 'Det har vi dæleme set frem til'" [For 43 years they have watched the train whiz by, but from today it stops: 'We've been looking forward to that']. dr.dk (in Danish). Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
Bibliography
- Jensen, Niels (1979). Midtjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03904-3.
Further reading
- Mogensen, Ole Edvard (10 December 2022). "Nabobyerne sagde nej og Sparkær blev en stationsby" [The neighboring towns said no and Sparkær became a station town] (in Danish). Viborg Stifts Folkeblad.
External links
- (in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
- (in Danish) GoCollective – private public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
- (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark
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