Flåm Station
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Flåm Station is the terminus station for Flåmsbana, located in Aurland
, Norway
. The station is served by the tourist trains on Flåmsbana, operated by Norges Statsbaner. Flåm is one of Norway's largest tourist attractions, with half a million visitors annually.
The station opened in 1940 for freight, and the year after for passenger traffic. The station was built to allow transfer from ferries operating on Sognefjord
to the Bergensbanen railway at Myrdal
. The operation of the railway was privatized in 1998. After this a new station building was opened, and the old station building converted to a railway museum.
Aurland
Aurland is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Aurlandsvangen. Other villages include Bakka, Flåm, Undredal, and Gudvangen....
, 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...
. The station is served by the tourist trains on Flåmsbana, operated by Norges Statsbaner. Flåm is one of Norway's largest tourist attractions, with half a million visitors annually.
The station opened in 1940 for freight, and the year after for passenger traffic. The station was built to allow transfer from ferries operating on Sognefjord
Sognefjord
The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway, and the second longest in the world. Located in Sogn og Fjordane county, it stretches inland to the small village of Skjolden...
to the Bergensbanen railway at Myrdal
Myrdal station
Myrdal Station is a mountain railway station and junction, located on the Bergen Line regional mainline in Aurland, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. The railway station is also the upper terminal of the Flåm Line local railway, which ascends from the valley floor of the Sognefjord to the mountain-top...
. The operation of the railway was privatized in 1998. After this a new station building was opened, and the old station building converted to a railway museum.