Sparkær railway station

Sparkær railway station is a railway station serving the small railway town of Sparkær in Jutland, Denmark.[1]

Sparkær
railway station
General information
LocationSparkær Mosevej 3
Sparkær, 8800 Viborg[1]
Viborg Municipality
Denmark
Coordinates56°28′31″N 09°13′40″E / 56.47528°N 9.22778°E / 56.47528; 9.22778
Owned byBanedanmark
Operated byGoCollective[1]
Line(s)Langå-Struer Line
Platforms1
Tracks1
History
Opened17 October 1865[2]
11 December 2022[3][4]
Closed27 May 1979[3]
Services
Preceding station GoCollective Following station
Viborg
towards Århus H
AarhusStruer Stoholm
towards Struer
Location
Sparkær is located in Denmark
Sparkær
Sparkær
Location within Denmark
Map

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 GoCollective.[1]

History

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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

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The train services are operated by the mulitinational railway company GoCollective. The station offers direct regional train services to Aarhus and Struer.[1]

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Sparkær Station" (in Danish). GoCollective. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Jensen 1979, p. 8.
  3. ^ a b c d Sparkær Station (Sp) on Danske Jernbaner
  4. ^ a b c 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.

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