Dokka Station
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Dokka Station was a railway station located in Dokka
, Nordre Land
, Norway
, on the Valdres Line. The station opened on 28 November 1902 and remained until the line closed on 1 January 1989. It was 147.91 metres (485.3 ft) from Oslo Central Station and 148.5 metres (487.2 ft) above mean sea level
. The restaurant was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap
on 17 January 1922. However, the restaurant was closed on 1 October 1923.
Dokka
Dokka is the administrative centre of Nordre Land municipality, in Oppland county, Norway.Highway 33 comes from the south, along the east side of Randsfjorden, Norway's fourth largest lake. The highway continues northwest to the municipality of Etnedal and to the village of Bjørgo in Nord-Aurdal...
, Nordre Land
Nordre Land
Nordre Land is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Land. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dokka....
, 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...
, on the Valdres Line. The station opened on 28 November 1902 and remained until the line closed on 1 January 1989. It was 147.91 metres (485.3 ft) from Oslo Central Station and 148.5 metres (487.2 ft) above mean sea level
Above mean sea level
The term above mean sea level refers to the elevation or altitude of any object, relative to the average sea level datum. AMSL is used extensively in radio by engineers to determine the coverage area a station will be able to reach...
. The restaurant was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap
Norsk Spisevognselskap
Norsk Spisevognselskap A/S, often abbreviated NSS or shortened to Spisevognselskapet, was a Norwegian state enterprise which operated restaurant carriages on Norwegian trains and restaurants at train stations and railway hotels. The company was established in December 1918, and started a catering...
on 17 January 1922. However, the restaurant was closed on 1 October 1923.