Tistrup railway station

Tistrup
Railway station
Tistrup station in 2011
General information
Location	Jernbanegade 2 6862 Tistrup [1] [2] Varde Municipality Denmark
Coordinates	55°43′01″N8°35′54″E / 55.71694°N 8.59833°E / 55.71694; 8.59833
Elevation	29.6 metres (97 ft) [3]
Owned by	Banedanmark
Line(s)	Esbjerg-Struer railway line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Train operators	GoCollective [4]
Construction
Architect	Niels Peder Christian Holsøe [5]
History
Opened	8 August 1875 [3]
Services
Preceding station GoCollective Following station Sig towards Esbjerg Esbjerg–Skjern Regional train Gårde towards Skjern
Location Tistrup Location within Denmark

Tistrup station is a railway station serving the railway town of Tistrup in West Jutland, Denmark. ^{[1] [2]}

Tistrup station is located on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line from Esbjerg to Struer. The station opened in 1875. ^[3] It offers regional rail services to Aarhus, Esbjerg, Herning and Skjern, operated by GoCollective. ^[4]

History

The station opened on 8 August 1875 as the section from Varde to Ringkøbing of the new Esbjerg–Struer railway line opened. ^[3] The station has been unstaffed since 1970. ^[3]

Architecture

The station in October 2019.

Like the other stations on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line, the station building from 1875 was built to designs by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways. ^[5] The station building was torn down in September and October 2002. ^[3]

Services

The station offers direct regional rail services to Esbjerg, Skjern, Herning and Aarhus, operated by the private public transport operating company GoCollective. ^[4]

See also

• Trains portal
• Architecture portal
• Denmark portal

• List of railway stations in Denmark
• Rail transport in Denmark

References

Citations

1. "Tistrup Station" (in Danish). GoCollective . Retrieved 20 April 2024.
2. "Tistrup Station" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved 30 October 2023.
3. "Tistrup Station (Tr)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
4. "Om GoCollective – Tog" (in Danish). GoCollective . Retrieved 20 April 2024.
5. Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

Bibliography

• Jensen, Niels (1977). Vestjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN   87-11-03821-7.

External links

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