Halden Station
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Halden Station is a railway station located in downtown Halden
in Østfold
, Norway
, located on the Østfold Line. The station is served by Norwegian State Railways InterCity Express
on an hourly or semi-hourly service from Oslo Central Station, with Halden being the terminal station for all but three daily services to Gothenburg
. The station was opened in 1879 as part of the Østfold Line.
The restaurant was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap
on 1 January 1921, but then leased out to remain under the company's control. Three years later, the company again started operating the restaurant.
Halden
is a both a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The seat of the municipality, Halden is a border town located at the Tista river delta on the Iddefjord, the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden.-History:...
in Østfold
Østfold
is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. The seat of the county administration is Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad is the largest city.Many manufacturing facilities are situated here. Moss and...
, 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...
, located on the Østfold Line. The station is served by Norwegian State Railways InterCity Express
NSB InterCity Express
NSB InterCity Express or ICE is a premium medium distance railway service provided by Norges Statsbaner on the routes Lillehammer–Oslo–Skien and Oslo–Halden–Göteborg with hourly headway...
on an hourly or semi-hourly service from Oslo Central Station, with Halden being the terminal station for all but three daily services to Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
. The station was opened in 1879 as part of the Østfold Line.
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 1 January 1921, but then leased out to remain under the company's control. Three years later, the company again started operating the restaurant.