{{Short description|Railway station in Vendsyssel, Denmark}} {{distinguish|Syndal railway station{{!}}Syndal railway station, Australia}} {{Infobox station | name = Sindal | style = DSB | image = Sindal-Bahnhof.jpg | image_caption = Sindal station in 2008 | address = Jernbanegade 8<br/>9870 Sindal<ref name=NJStandsningssteder/><ref name=DSBSindalStation/> | borough = Hjørring Municipality | country = Denmark | coordinates = {{coord|57|28|12.63|N|10|12|07.03|E|region:DK|display=inline,title}} | elevation = {{convert|22.0|m}}<ref name=DanskeJernbaner/> | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 13 | owned = DSB {{small|(station infrastructure)}}<ref name=Analyse>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.dk/samling/20161/almdel/TRU/bilag/372/1770415.pdf|title=Analyse af de danske jernbanestationer|publisher=Ministry of Transport|date=April 2017|access-date=18 March 2025|language=da}}</ref><br/>Banedanmark {{small|(rail infrastructure)}}<ref name=Analyse/> | operator = <!-- the station "operator", not the "train operators" which are detailed below --> | line = Vendsyssel Line<!-- the physical "line" is not the same as "services" which are detailed below --> | platform = 2 side platforms | tracks = 2 | train_operators = Nordjyske Jernbaner<ref name=OmNJ/> | opened = 1871 | closed = | other = | services={{Adjacent stations|system=Nordjyske Jernbaner|line=REAalFrh|left=Hjørring East|right=Tolne}} }} '''Sindal railway station''' is a railway station serving the railway town of Sindal in Vendsyssel, Denmark.<ref name=NJStandsningssteder/><ref name=DSBSindalStation/>

The station is located on the Vendsyssel railway line from Aalborg to Frederikshavn, between {{rws|Hjørring}} and {{rws|Tolne}} stations. It opened in 1871.{{sfn|Jensen|1976|p=15}} The train services are currently operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner which runs frequent regional train services from the station to Aalborg and Frederikshavn.<ref name=OmNJ/>

== History == The station opened in 1871 as the initial section from Nørresundby to Frederikshavn of the new Nørresundby-Frederikshavn railway line opened on 16 August 1871.{{sfn|Jensen|1976|p=15}}<ref name=NordjyllandsJernbaner/>

On 7 January 1879, at the opening of the Limfjord Railway Bridge, the Vendsyssel line was connected with Aalborg station, the Randers-Aalborg railway line and the rest of the Danish rail network.{{sfn|Jensen|1976|p=20}}

Today, the station is closed but continues as a halt.<ref name=NordjyllandsJernbaner/>

In 2017, operation of the regional rail services on the Vendsyssel Line to Aalborg and Frederikshavn were transferred from the national railway company DSB to the regional railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner (NJ).<ref name=HistorienbagNJ/>

== Architecture == {{stack|thumb|Street facade of the station building by night.}} The station building from 1871 was built to designs by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826&ndash;1895), known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways.<ref name=NordjyllandsJernbaner/><ref name=Weilbach>{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisKunstner.do?kunstnerId=7620&wsektion=alle|title=N.P. Holsøe|publisher=Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon|author=Vigand Rasmussen|accessdate=19 October 2022|language=da}}</ref>

== Train services == The train services are currently operated by the railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner which runs frequent regional train services from the station to Aalborg and Frederikshavn.<ref name=OmNJ/>

The direct InterCity service from the station to Copenhagen operated by the national railway company DSB ceased in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|first=Søren|last=Wormslev|title=Udspil: Slut med direkte tog mellem Frederikshavn og København|trans-title=Proposal: End of direct trains between Frederikshavn and Copenhagen|url=https://www.tv2nord.dk/frederikshavn/udspil-slut-med-direkte-tog-mellem-frederikshavn-og-koebenhavn|newspaper=TV2/Nord|date=17 April 2021|access-date=23 September 2025|language=da}}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery> Sindal DSB St 107 ubt.JPG|Sindal railway station in May 2009 </gallery>

== See also == {{portal|Trains|Architecture|Denmark}} * List of railway stations in Denmark * Rail transport in Denmark * History of rail transport in Denmark

==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist|colwidth=20em|refs=<ref name=NJStandsningssteder>{{cite web|url=https://nj.dk/information/standsningssteder-paa-skagensbanen/|title=Standsningssteder på Skagensbanen|publisher=Nordjyske Jernbaner|language=da|accessdate=4 May 2021}}</ref><ref name=DSBSindalStation>{{cite web|url=https://www.dsb.dk/kundeservice/stationer/sindal/|title=Sindal Station|publisher=DSB|accessdate=17 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=DanskeJernbaner>{{cite web|url=https://danskejernbaner.dk/vis.station.php?FORLOEB_ID=523&content=Sindal-Station-(Sa)|title=Sindal Station (Sa)|website=danskejernbaner.dk|language=da|accessdate=3 December 2024}}</ref><ref name=OmNJ>{{cite web|url=https://nj.dk/om-os/om-nordjyske-jernbaner/|title=Om Nordjyske Jernbaner|publisher=Nordjyske Jernbaner|accessdate=22 July 2019}}</ref><ref name=HistorienbagNJ>{{cite web|url=https://nj.dk/om-os/historien-bag-nordjyske-jernbaner/|title=Historien bag Nordjyske Jernbaner|publisher=Nordjyske Jernbaner|accessdate=23 July 2019}}</ref><ref name=NordjyllandsJernbaner>{{cite web|url=http://jernbaner-nordjylland.dk/?page_id=839|title=Stationer Aalborg—Frederikshavn|publisher=Nordjyllands Jernbaner|accessdate=19 April 2021}}</ref>}}

===Bibliography=== {{refbegin|colwidth=30em}} * {{ cite book | last=Jensen | first=Niels | title=Danske Jernbaner 1847–1972 | trans-title=Danish railways 1847–1972 | year=1972 | publisher=J.Fr. Clausens Forlag | location=Copenhagen | isbn=87-11-01765-1 | language=da | ref=Jensen (1972) }} * {{ cite book | last=Jensen | first=Niels | title=Nordjyske jernbaner | trans-title=Railways of North Jutland | year=1976 | publisher=J. Fr. Clausens Forlag | location=Copenhagen | isbn=87-11-03756-3 | language=da }} * {{ cite book | last=Mogensen | first=Ole Edvard | title=Vendsysselbanen gennem 150 år | trans-title=The Vendsyssel Line through 150 years | year=2021 | publisher=Historisk Samfund for Vendsyssel | isbn= | work= | language=da | via=Vendsyssel Årbog 2021 }} {{refend}}

==External links== {{commons category|Sindal Station}} *{{in lang|da}} [http://www.banedanmark.dk Banedanmark] – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network *{{in lang|da}} [http://www.nj.dk Nordjyske Jernbaner] – Danish railway company operating in North Jutland Region *{{in lang|da}} [http://danskejernbaner.dk/ Danske Jernbaner] – website with information on railway history in Denmark *{{in lang|da}} [http://jernbaner-nordjylland.dk/ Nordjyllands Jernbaner] – website with information on railway history in North Jutland

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