Storlien Station

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Storlien
Location
Place Storlien
Municipality Åre
Line(s) Mittbanan
Meråkerbanen
Distance 105.97 km (Trondheim)
358 km (Sundsvall)
Service
Opened 1886
Owner Jernhusen
Line operator(s) SJ
Norges Statsbaner
Veolia Transportation
Connections

Storlien Station is a railway station located at Storlien in Åre municipality, Sweden. It is the border station between Sweden and Norway, located 3.5 kilometers from the border line. The village of Storlien is quite small and is mainly served due to the ski resort located there.

The station is located on the Swedish Mittbanan that continues as the Norwegian Meråkerbanen. It is 358 km from Sundsvall and 105.97 km from Trondheim. While the Swedish railway to Storlien is electrified, the Norwegian section is not. Thus all service to Norway must be by diesel train.

Services to Storlien include X 2000, InterCity and night train services to Stockholm C operated by SJ as well as Mittnabotåget between Trondheim S via Östersund C to Sundsvall, operated by Veolia and Norges Statsbaner.

Preceding station Line Following station
Kopperå Meråkerbanen Terminus
Terminus Mittbanan Enafors
Preceding station Regional trains Following station
Kopperå   Heimdal - Östersund   Enafors