Støvring station

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

Støvring
railway station
Støvring station in 2009
LocationBorup Allé
DK-9530 Støvring
Denmark
Coordinates56°53′31″N 9°50′38″E
Owned byBanedanmark
Operated byDSB[1]
Nordjyske Jernbaner[2]
Line(s)Randers-Aalborg Line
Platforms2
Tracks2
History
Opened1869[3]
2003[4]
Closed1974[3]
Services
Preceding station   Danske Statsbaner   Following station
Copenhagen-Aalborg
InterCity
toward Aalborg
Preceding station   Nordjyske Jernbaner   Following station
Terminus
Skørping–Aalborg
Regional train
toward Aalborg
Location
Støvring
Location within Denmark

The station is located on the Randers-Aalborg Line from Randers to Aalborg and is part of the Aalborg Commuter Rail service.[4] The station opened in 1869, closed in 1974, and reopened in 2003.[3][4] The train services are currently operated by the railway companies DSB and Nordjyske Jernbaner.[1][2]

History

The station opened in 1869 with the opening of the Randers-Aalborg railway line from Randers to Aalborg.[3] 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.[4] In 2017, operation of the commuter rail services to Aalborg and Skørping were transferred from DSB to the local railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner.[5]

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][2]

References
  1. "Støvring Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. "Om Nordjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Nordjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  3. Jensen (1976), p. 12.
  4. "Aalborg Nærbane" (in Danish). Nordjyllands Jernbaner. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. "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.
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