Mæl Station

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Mæl
Mæl Station, the terminus of Rjukanbanen
Location
Place Mæl
Municipality Tinn
Line(s) Rjukanbanen
Distance 0 km
Service
Opened 1909
Line operator(s) Norsk Hydro
Connections

Mæl Station is a railway station on Rjukanbanen and where the railway cars on the line were transferred to the railway ferry to Tinnoset. The station is located 16 km from Rjukan and on the mouth of the river Måna in Vestfjorddalen where the river runs into Tinnsjå. The station was built in 1909 when Rjukanbanen opened and electrified in 1911 and closed when traffic on Rjukanbanen ceised in 1991.