Sparkær railway station
Sparkær railway station is a railway station serving the small railway town of Sparkær in Jutland, Denmark.[1]
Sparkær | |||||||||||
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| Location | Sparkær Mosevej 3 Sparkær DK–8800 Viborg[1] Denmark | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°28′31″N 09°13′40″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Banedanmark | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Arriva[1] | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Langå-Struer Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 17 October 1865[2] 11 December 2022[3][4] | ||||||||||
| Closed | 27 May 1979[3] | ||||||||||
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  Sparkær Location within 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.[2][3][4] It offers direct regional train services to Aarhus and Struer. The train services are operated by the railway company Arriva.[1]
History
Sparkær station opened on 17 October 1865 with the opening of the Viborg-Skive section of the Langå-Struer railway line.[2][4] On 27 May 1979 the station was closed, but the station reopened on 11 December 2022.[3]
Operations
The train services are operated by the mulitinational railway company Arriva. The station offers regional train services to Aarhus and Struer.[1]
See also
References
Citations
- "Sparkær Station". arriva.dk (in Danish). Arriva. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- 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) Arriva – British multinational 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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