Berkåk Station
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Berkåk Station is a railway station
located in Berkåk
in the municipality of Rennebu
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It is located close to European route E6
in the village of Berkåk.
The station is located on Dovrebanen and served by four daily express trains each direction to Oslo
and Trondheim
as well as a few commuter trains to Trondheim. There are connection buses to Orkanger
operated by Nettbuss
.
The station was opened in 1921 as part of Dovrebanen when it was extended from Dombås
to Trondheim.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
located in Berkåk
Berkåk
Berkåk is a village and administrative centre of the municipality of Rennebu in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Orkla River and the European route E6 highway. The village lies about north of Ulsberg and southeast of Stamnan. The Berkåk Station on the Dovrebanen railway is...
in the municipality of Rennebu
Rennebu
Rennebu is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Berkåk, located along European route E6...
in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is located close to European route E6
European route E6
European route E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia...
in the village of Berkåk.
The station is located on Dovrebanen and served by four daily express trains each direction to Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
and Trondheim
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
as well as a few commuter trains to Trondheim. There are connection buses to Orkanger
Orkanger
Orkanger is village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Orkdal at the end of the Orkdalsfjorden, and arm of the Trondheimsfjord. Orkanger is the administrative and commercial centre of the municipality of Orkdal...
operated by Nettbuss
Nettbuss
Nettbuss AS is the largest bus company in Norway owned by the Norwegian State Railways . It was until 2000 known as NSB Biltrafikk. The company has 14 operating subsidiaries throughout Norway and in Denmark and Sweden....
.
The station was opened in 1921 as part of Dovrebanen when it was extended from Dombås
Dombås
The village of lies in the Dovre municipality and serves as an administrative center in the upper Gudbrandsdal, Norway. It lies at an important junction of roads: south leading to the current capital of Norway, Oslo, west via Lesja leading to Åndalsnes on the sea and north to the old capital,...
to Trondheim.