Vatnahalsen Station
Vatnahalsen Station is a railway station on the Flåm Line in Aurland Municipality, Norway. It is located 1.13 kilometers from Myrdal Station, 336.93 kilometers from Oslo Central Station, and 811.3 meters above mean sea level.Photo: Jun Kwang Han, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway stop
- Description: railway halt in Aurland, Norway
- Also known as: “Vatnahalsen railway halt”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Myrdal Station and Kjofossen Power Station.
Myrdal Station
Railway station
Photo: Jenni Douglas, CC BY 2.0.
Myrdal Station is a mountain railway station and junction, located in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It serves as an important railway station, connecting the Bergen Line to the Flåm Line local railway. Myrdal Station is situated 1 km south of Vatnahalsen Station.
Kjofossen Power Station
Industrial building
Photo: ashfay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kjofossen Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant at Vestland built during World War II. Part of its power is used as railway traction current, i.e. single-phase electric power at 16 2/3 hertz, fed directly into the overhead wire of the railway to Bergen. Kjofossen Power Station is situated 450 metres northeast of Vatnahalsen Station.
Vatnahalsen Station
- Category: transportation
- Location: Aurland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.74381° or 60° 44′ 38″ northLongitude
7.12965° or 7° 7′ 47″ eastElevation
811 metres (2,661 feet)Inception
February 10th, 1941Open location code
9FG9P4VH+GVOpenStreetMap ID
node 5526332101OpenStreetMap feature
railway=haltWikidata ID
Q4566805
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Vatnahalsen Station” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Vatnahalsen Station”
- Dutch: “Station Vatnahalsen”
- French: “Vatnahalsen stasjon”
- French: “Vatnahalsen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vatnahalsen holdeplass”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vatnahalsen haldeplass”
- Norwegian: “Vatnahalsen holdeplass”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vatnahalsen stasjon and Flåm Zipline.
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