Bjørnfjell Station
Bjørnfjell Station is a railway station in the village of Bjørnfjell in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along the Ofotbanen railway line, between Søsterbekk Station and Riksgränsen Station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Narvik, Norway, on the Ofoten Line (1925–)
- Also known as: “Bjørnfjell railway station”, “Bjornfjell stasjon”, and “Bjørnfjell station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Riksgränsen and Bjørnfjell Chapel.
Riksgränsen
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5 dk.
Riksgränsen is a Swedish ski resort 200 km north of the Arctic Circle, in Kiruna municipality. Located right at the border with Norway, the name Riksgränsen literally means "The National Border".
Bjørnfjell Chapel
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bjørnfjell Chapel is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the rural village of Bjørnfjell, just west of the border with Sweden. Bjørnfjell Chapel is situated 350 metres north of Bjørnfjell Station.
Riksgränsen Station
Railway stop
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse, Public domain.
Riksgränsen Station is a railway station located at Riksgränsen near the Norway–Sweden border, 700 meters into Sweden. The station opened in 1902 as part of the Ofoten Line and Iron Ore Line, and was the location of the switching between Norwegian and Swedish operations. Riksgränsen Station is situated 2 km east of Bjørnfjell Station.
Bjørnfjell Station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Narvik Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.43229° or 68° 25′ 56″ northLongitude
18.07115° or 18° 4′ 16″ eastElevation
560 metres (1,837 feet)Inception
October 1st, 1925Operator
Bane NOROpen location code
9FWWC3JC+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 5526331920OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
3161247Wikidata ID
Q247039
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Polish—“Bjørnfjell Station” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Bjørnfjell Station”
- Dutch: “Station Bjornfjell”
- Dutch: “Station Bjørnfjell”
- French: “Bjørnfjell”
- French: “gare de Bjørnfjell”
- French: “Gare de Bjørnfjell”
- German: “Bahnhof Bjørnfjell”
- German: “Bjørnfjell stasjon”
- German: “Bjørnfjell Station”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bjørnfjell stasjon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bjørnfjell stasjon”
- Norwegian: “Bjørnfjell stasjon”
- Norwegian: “Bjørnfjell”
- Polish: “Bjørnfjell”
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