Hell Station
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| Hell Station is the terminus of Meråkerbanen and tourist attraction | |
| Location | |
| Place | Hell |
| Municipality | Stjørdal |
| Line(s) | Nordlandsbanen Meråkerbanen |
| Service | |
| Opened | 1902 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Owner | Jernbaneverket |
| Line operator(s) | Norges Statsbaner |
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Hell Station is a railway station located at Hell in Stjørdal, Norway, where the two important railways of Nordlandsbanen and Meråkerbanen meet. The station was first constructed in 1881, though the present station building was opened in 1902. The station is served by commuter trains on Trønderbanen in addition to regional trains between Trondheim S and Östersund on Meråkerbanen, Mittnabotåget. Both services are operated by BM 92 units by Norges Statsbaner (NSB), Norway's public railway company.
The district has become a tourist attraction due to its name, which is associated by English-speakers to the place of punishment where, according to religious belief, Sinners are condemned to upon death. The name derives from old Norse hellir, which means cave. In present Norwegian, hell means luck and på hell means "at an end".
The station's freight building still bears the sign saying Gods-Expedition, which simply means "freight expedition" or "cargo service"[1], which is the archaic spelling (in contemporary Norwegian it would be spelled godsekspedisjon). The sign is a popular photography motive for tourists Norwegian and foreign alike.
[edit] References
- ^ GoNorway - Hell. Retrieved on 2007-04-06.
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| Preceding station | Line | Following station | ||
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| Hommelvik | Nordlandsbanen | Trondheim Airport | ||
| terminus | Meråkerbanen | Hegra | ||
| Preceding station | Regional trains | Following station | ||
| Hommelvik | Heimdal - Östersund | Hegra | ||
| Preceding station | Local trains | Following station | ||
| Hommelvik | Trønderbanen | Trondheim Airport | ||
