Vaksdal Station

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Vaksdal
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General information
Location Vaksdal, Vaksdal
Norway
Coordinates 60°28′43″N5°44′08″E / 60.478554°N 5.735513°E / 60.478554; 5.735513
Elevation16.0 m (52.5 ft)
Owned by Bane NOR
Operated by Vy Tog
Line(s) Bergen Line
Distance440.53 km (273.73 mi)
Platforms2
History
Opened1883

Vaksdal Station (Norwegian : Vaksdal stasjon) is a railway station located in the village of Vaksdal in the municipality of Vaksdal, Vestland county, Norway. The station is located along the Bergen Line. The station is served by twelve daily departures per direction by the Bergen Commuter Rail operated by Vy Tog, as well by the night train to Oslo Central Station. The station opened in 1883 as part of the Voss Line.

The restaurant in the station was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap on 1 January 1924, and it was closed on 15 December 1935. [1]

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References

  1. Just, Carl (1949). A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk Spisevognselskap. p. 71. OCLC   40310643.
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