Hell Station
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| Hell Station is the terminus of the Meråker Line and a popular tourist attraction | |
| Location | |
| Place | Hell |
| Municipality | Stjørdal |
| Coordinates | 63°26′46″N 10°53′55″E / 63.44611°N 10.89861°ECoordinates: 63°26′46″N 10°53′55″E / 63.44611°N 10.89861°E |
| Line(s) | Nordland Line Meråker Line |
| Distance | 31.4 km (19.5 mi) |
| Elevation | 3.2 m (10 ft) |
| Service | |
| Opened | 1881 |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Line operator(s) | Norwegian State Railways |
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Hell Station (Norwegian: Hell stasjon) is a railway station located in the village of Hell in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the intersection of the Nordland Line and Meråker Line.
The station was first constructed in 1881, though the present station building was opened in 1902. The station is served by the Trøndelag Commuter Rail system in addition to regional trains between Trondheim Central Station and Östersund on the Meråker Line, Mittnabotåget. Both services are operated by Class 92 units by the Norwegian State Railways (NSB), Norway's public railway company.[1][2][3]
The restaurant was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap on 1 October 1922, but returned to private operation in 1934.[4]
[edit] Name
The station (and surrounding region) has become a tourist attraction due to its name, which is associated by English-speakers with Hell, the afterlife of punishment to which, according to religious belief, sinners or heathens are condemned upon death. The name derives from Old Norse hellir, which means cave. In present-day 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 service" or "cargo handling",[5] which is the archaic spelling (in contemporary Norwegian it would be spelled godsekspedisjon). The sign is a popular photo opportunity for tourists, Norwegian and foreign alike.
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- ^ "Hell stasjon" (in Norwegian). Jernbaneverket. http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Jernbanen/Stasjonssok/-H-/Hell/. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
- ^ "Hell station". Norges Statsbaner. http://www.nsb.no/stations_gj/hell-station-article25970-2769.html. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
- ^ "Hell" (in Norwegian). Norsk Jernbaneklubb. http://forsk.njk.no/stdb/index.php?Stnr=4310&aut=&mod=st&sid=1578. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
- ^ Just, Carl (1949) (in Norwegian). A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949. Oslo: Norsk Spisevognselskap. p. 64. OCLC 40310643.
- ^ "GoNorway - Hell". http://www.gonorway.no/norway/sidevisning.php?id=454. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
| Preceding station | Line | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hommelvik | Nordland Line | Trondheim Airport Sandferhus |
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| Terminus | Meråker Line | Hegra | ||
| Preceding station | Regional trains | Following station | ||
| Hommelvik | Heimdal–Östersund | Hegra | ||
| Preceding station | Local trains | Following station | ||
| Hommelvik | Trøndelag Commuter Rail | Trondheim Airport | ||
