Kjosfossen Station
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Location | Kjosfossen, Aurland Norway |
Coordinates | 60°44′50″N 7°08′09″E / 60.747333°N 7.135834°ECoordinates: 60°44′50″N 7°08′09″E / 60.747333°N 7.135834°E |
Elevation | 670 m (2,200 ft) |
Owned by | Bane NOR |
Operated by | Vy |
Line(s) | Flåm Line |
Distance | 339.76 km (211.12 mi) |
Platforms | 1 |
History | |
Opened | 1951 |
Kjosfossen Station (Norwegian: Kjosfossen holdeplass) is a railway station in Aurland, Norway, on the Flåm Line. It is 4.40 kilometers (2.73 mi) from Myrdal Station, 339.76 kilometers (211.12 mi) from Oslo Central Station and 670 meters (2,200 ft) above mean sea level. The station opened in 1951 as Kjosfossen kraftstasjon, but took the current name from February 1977. There are no residents in the area and the station only exists to allow tourists to step off the train and see the large waterfall Kjosfossen - which can be viewed from the station's platform. It is also the site of .[1][2]
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- Bibliography
- Bjerke, Thor (1994). Banedata '94 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk Jernbaneklubb. p. 241. ISBN 82-90286-15-5.
- Gubberud, Ivar J.; Sunde, Helge (1992). Flåmsbana: historien om en av verdens bratteste jernbaner (in Norwegian). John Grieg Forlag. ISBN 82-533-0261-4.
- Notes
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Kårdal | Flåm Line | Reinunga |
Categories:
- Railway stations on the Flåm Line
- Railway stations in Aurland
- Railway stations opened in 1951
- 1951 establishments in Norway
- Norwegian railway station stubs