Flåm Station
Flåm Station (Norwegian: Flåm stasjon) is located at the village of Flåm in Aurland, Norway. The station marks the terminus for Flåm Line (Flåmsbana). The station is served by the tourist trains on the Flåm Line and operated by Vy as a subcontractor for Flåm Utvikling.[1]
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| General information | |
| Location | Flåm, Aurland Norway |
| Coordinates | 60°51′47″N 7°06′50″E |
| Elevation | 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Owned by | Bane NOR |
| Operated by | Flåm Utvikling (Vy) |
| Line(s) | Flåm Line |
| Distance | 356.00 km (221.21 mi) |
| Other information | |
| Station code | IATA code: XGH |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 August 1940 |
| Location | |
  Flåm Location within Vestland  Flåm Flåm (Norway) | |
History
The station opened on 1 August 1940 for freight, and the year after for passenger traffic. The station was built to allow transfer from ferries operating on Sognefjord to the Bergen Line at Myrdal Station. Marketing of the service was transferred to Flåm Utvikling in 1998; after this a new station building was opened, and the old station building converted to a railway museum. [2]
Flåm is one of Norway's largest tourist attractions, with an estimated half a million visitors annually. The Flåm Railway Documentation Centre provides information into the building of the Flåm Railway and the technical challenge facing this engineering work through the use of different exhibitions with text, image and sound.[3][4]
References
- Tor Wisting. "Flåmsbana". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- "Flåm Utvikling AS". Aurland kommune. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- "The Flåm Railway Documentation Centre". Flamsbana Museet. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- "The Flåm Railway Museum". visitflam.com. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
External links
- Entry at the Norwegian National Rail Administration (in Norwegian)
| Preceding station |  |
Following station | ||
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| Terminus | Flåm Line | Lunden | ||