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Flåm Station

Coordinates: 60°51′47″N 7°06′50″E / 60.86306°N 7.11389°E / 60.86306; 7.11389
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Flåm
An NSB El 17 at Flåm Station
General information
LocationFlåmAurland
Norway
Coordinates60°51′47″N 7°06′50″E / 60.86306°N 7.11389°E / 60.86306; 7.11389
Elevation2.0 m (6 ft 7 in)
Owned byBane NOR
Operated byFlåm Utvikling (Vy)
Line(s)Flåm Line
Distance356.00 km (221.21 mi)
Other information
Station codeIATA code: XGH
History
Opened1 August 1940
Location
Flåm is located in Vestland
Flåm
Flåm
Location within Vestland
Flåm is located in Norway
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Flåm (Norway)

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]

History

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Flåm Railway Museum

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

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  1. ^ Tor Wisting. "Flåmsbana". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "Flåm Utvikling AS". Aurland kommune. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "The Flåm Railway Documentation Centre". Flamsbana Museet. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "The Flåm Railway Museum". visitflam.com. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
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Preceding station Following station
Terminus Flåm Line Lunden