Thy Line

Thy Line
Thy Line
	The Thy Line
Overview
Native name	Thybanen
Owner	Banedanmark
Termini	Struer; Thisted;
Stations	12
Service
Type	Railway
System	Danish railway
Operator(s)	Arriva; Danish State Railways
History
Opened	20 April 1882
Technical
Line length	73.6 kilometres (45.7 mi)
Number of tracks	Single
Character	Passenger trains
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	75 km/h

Thy Line

Esbjerg-Struer Line
to Holstebro

Langå-Struer Line
to Langå

Thisted-Fjerritslev Line
to Fjerritslev

The Thy Line (Danish: Thybanen) is a 73.6 km (45.7 mi)^[2] 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 Denmark and served with passenger trains by Arriva and the Danish State Railways (DSB).^[1] The Thy Line runs north from Struer, crossing the Limfjord on a 472 metres (1,549 ft) long bascule bridge, the Oddesund Bridge. From Oddesund the line cuts through the peninsula of Thyholm and continues through Thy to reach Thisted.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Historien om Arriva Tog i Danmark" (in Danish). Arriva. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Line information (TIB)" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark. Retrieved 2015-06-30.

Jensen, Niels (1972). Danske Jernbaner 1847–1892 (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-01765-1.
Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03756-3.

(in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
(in Danish) DSB – largest Danish train operating company
(in Danish) Arriva – multinational public transport company operating bus and train services in Denmark
(in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark