Thy Line

The Thy Line (Danish: Thybanen) is a 73.6 km (45.7 mi)[1] long standard gauge single track railway line in Denmark which runs between Struer and Thisted through the historical region of Thy.

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

The Thy Line
to Holstebro to Langå Struer Struer Havn Bremdal Humlum Oddesund South Oddesund Bridge Oddesund North Uglev Hvidbjerg Lyngs Ydby Hurup Thy Bedsted Thy Hassing Hørdum Snedsted Todbøl Sjørring to Fjerritslev Thisted

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). 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.

External links

• (in Danish) Banedanmark
• (in Danish) Arriva
• (in Danish) DSB

References

Notes

1. "Line information (TIB)" (PDF) (in Danish). Banedanmark. Retrieved 2015-06-30.