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.

Photo: Kolbkorr, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 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″ north

Longitude

18.07115° or 18° 4′ 16″ east

Elevation

560 metres (1,837 feet)

Inception

October 1st, 1925

Operator

Bane NOR

Open location code

9FWWC3JC+WF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5526331920

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

GeoNames ID

3161247

Wikidata 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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