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Flåm Station

Coordinates: 60°51′47″N 7°06′50″E / 60.86306°N 7.11389°E / 60.86306; 7.11389
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Flåm
An NSB El 17 at Flåm Station
General information
LocationFlåmAurland
Norway
Coordinates60°51′47″N 7°06′50″E / 60.86306°N 7.11389°E / 60.86306; 7.11389
Elevation2.0 m (6 ft 7 in)
Owned byNorwegian National Rail Administration
Operated byNorwegian State Railways
Line(s)Flåm Line
Distance356.00 km (221.21 mi)
Other information
Station codeIATA code: XGH
History
Opened1 August 1940

Flåm Station (Norwegian: Flåm stasjon) is the terminus station for Flåm Line, located at Flåm in Aurland, Norway. The station is served by the tourist trains on the Flåm Line, operated by Norwegian State Railways. Flåm is one of Norway's largest tourist attractions, with half a million visitors annually.

The station opened on 1 August 1940 for freight, and the year after for passenger traffic. The station was built to allow transfer from ferries operating on Sognefjord to the Bergen Line at Myrdal Station. Marketing of the service was transferred to Flåm Utvikling in 1998; after this a new station building was opened, and the old station building converted to a railway museum.

Preceding station Following station
Terminus Flåm Line Lunden