Støvring railway station

Støvring
railway station
Støvring station in 2009
General information
Location	Borup Allé 1a 9530 Støvring[1][2] Rebild Municipality Denmark
Coordinates	56°53′31″N 9°50′38″E
Elevation	16.3 metres (53 ft)[3]
Owned by	Banedanmark
Operated by	DSB[1] Nordjyske Jernbaner[4]
Line(s)	Randers-Aalborg Line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
History
Opened	1869[5] 2003[6]
Closed	1974[5]
Services
Preceding station DSB Following station Skørping towards Copenhagen Central Copenhagen-Aalborg InterCity Svenstrup towards Aalborg Preceding station Nordjyske Jernbaner Following station Skørping Terminus Skørping–Aalborg Regional train Svenstrup towards Aalborg Airport
Location Støvring Location within Denmark

Støvring railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Støvring in Himmerland south of Aalborg, Denmark.[1][2]

The station is located on the Randers-Aalborg Line from Randers to Aalborg and is part of the Aalborg Commuter Rail service.[6] The station opened in 1869, closed in 1974, and reopened in 2003.[5][6] The train services are currently operated by the railway companies DSB and Nordjyske Jernbaner.[1][4]

History

The station opened in 1869 with the opening of the Randers-Aalborg railway line from Randers to Aalborg.[5] The station closed in 1974 during a series of station closures in the 1970s, but the station reopened in 2003 as a part of the new Aalborg Commuter Rail service.[6] In 2017, operation of the commuter rail services to Aalborg and Skørping were transferred from DSB to the local railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner.[7]

Operations

The train services are operated by the railway companies DSB and Nordjyske Jernbaner. The station offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen and Aalborg, operated by DSB, and commuter train services to Skørping and Aalborg, operated by Nordjyske Jernbaner.[1][4]

See also

• List of railway stations in Denmark
• Rail transport in Denmark
• History of rail transport in Denmark
• Transport in Denmark

References

1. "Støvring Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
2. "Standsningssteder på Skagensbanen" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
3. "Støvring Trinbræt (Sr)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 December 2024.
4. "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
5. Jensen (1976), p. 12.
6. "Aalborg Nærbane" (in Danish). Nordjyllands Jernbaner. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
7. "Historien bag Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

Bibliography

• Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03756-3.

External links

• (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) Nordjyske Jernbaner – Danish railway company operating in North Jutland Region
• (in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark
• (in Danish) Nordjyllands Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in North Jutland