Riksgränsen Station
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse, Public domain.
- Type: Railway stop
- Description: railway station in Norrbotten County, Sweden
- Also known as: “Riksgraensen” and “Riksgränsen railway station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Riksgränsen and Bjørnfjell Station.
Riksgränsen
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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 Station
Railway station
Photo: Kolbkorr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Bjørnfjell Station is situated 2 km west of Riksgränsen Station.
Bjørnfjell Chapel
Church
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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 2½ km northwest of Riksgränsen Station.
Riksgränsen Station
- Categories: railway station, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: Jukkasjärvi socken, Jukkasjärvi, Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.42662° or 68° 25′ 36″ northLongitude
18.12072° or 18° 7′ 15″ eastElevation
488 metres (1,601 feet)Open location code
9FWWC4GC+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 381097479OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=haltGeoNames ID
10376709Wikidata ID
Q211486
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Riksgränsen Station” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Riksgränsen Holdeplads”
- Dutch: “station Riksgränsen”
- Dutch: “Station Riksgränsen”
- Finnish: “Riksgränsenin seisake”
- French: “gare de Riksgränsen”
- French: “Gare de Riksgränsen”
- French: “Riksgränsen”
- German: “Bahnhof Riksgränsen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Riksgränsen holdeplass”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Riksgränsen stasjon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Riksgränsen”
- Norwegian: “Riksgränsen holdeplass”
- Polish: “Riksgränsen”
- Swedish: “Riksgränsens station”
- “Riksgränsen”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Riksgränsen Station”. Photo: Anders Beer Wilse, Public domain.