Voss Station

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Bergen Commuter Rail Class 69-units at Voss Station
General information
Location Vossevangen,  Voss
Norway
Coordinates 60°37′45.03″N6°24′37.26″E / 60.6291750°N 6.4103500°E / 60.6291750; 6.4103500
Elevation56.5 m (185 ft)
Owned by Bane NOR
Operated by Vy Tog
Line(s) Bergen Line
Distance385.32 km (239.43 mi)
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeVOS
History
Opened1883

Voss Station (Norwegian : Voss stasjon) is a railway station on the Bergen Line located in the village of Vossevangen in the municipality of Voss in Vestland county, Norway. It sits just off the European route E16 highway on the northwestern shore of the lake Vangsvatnet.

The station was opened as the original terminal station of the Voss Line in 1883. It is served by express trains to Bergen and Oslo, and the Bergen Commuter Rail, all operated by Vy Tog. Most commuter trains terminate at Voss, but up to seven per day continue on to Myrdal.

The station restaurant was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap on 15 October 1947. [1]

The rail station contains the lower terminus of the Voss Gondol gondola system. [2]

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References

  1. Just, Carl (1949). A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk Spisevognselskap. p. 71. OCLC   40310643.
  2. "Getting here". Voss Gondol. Voss Resort AS/Voss Gondol AS. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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