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Railway station in West Jutland, Denmark

Lem

Lem station in 2010

General information

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Elevation

8.9 metres (29 ft)

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Operated by

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History

Opened

8 August 1875

Services

Preceding station	Midtjyske Jernbaner			Following station
SkjernTerminus		Skjern–Holstebro Regional train		Ringkøbingtowards Holstebro

Location
LemLocation within Denmark

Lem railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Lem in West Jutland, Denmark.

Lem station is located on the Esbjerg–Struer railway line from Esbjerg to Struer. The station opened in 1875. It offers regional rail services to Holstebro and Skjern, operated by the railway company Midtjyske Jernbaner.

History

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

The station building from 1875 was designed 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.

^ "Lem Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ "Lem Station (Lm)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
^ "Om Midtjyske Jernbaner" (in Danish). Midtjyske Jernbaner. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

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

(in Danish) Banedanmark – government agency responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Danish railway network
(in Danish) Midtjyske Jernbaner – Danish regional railway company operating in Central Denmark Region
(in Danish) Danske Jernbaner – website with information on railway history in Denmark