Kornsjø Station
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Kornsjø Station is a railway station located at Kornsjø
in Halden
, Norway
, on the Østfold Line. The station is located 1 kilometre (0.621372736649807 mi) from the Norway–Sweden border
and was opened in 1879 for changing crew on international trains between Sweden and Norway. The station is no longer used, since international trains do not change crew longer, and the village has just 250 inhabitants.
The restaurant was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap
from 1 August 1924, but was then privatized from 1932.
Kornsjø
Kornsjø is a village in Enningdalen in Halden, Norway on the border to Sweden. The village has 250 residents . At Kornsjø is the bordercrossing for the railway lines Østfoldbanen and Norgebanan . Previously change of crew was performed at Kornsjø Station, but this has since been closed....
in Halden
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:...
, 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 Østfold Line. The station is located 1 kilometre (0.621372736649807 mi) from the Norway–Sweden border
Norway–Sweden border
The Norway–Sweden border is a long land national border, and the longest border for both Norway and Sweden.-Geography:Most of the border follows the drainage divide in the Scandinavian Mountains. In Norway, the border lies along the counties, from south to north, of Østfold, Akershus, Hedmark,...
and was opened in 1879 for changing crew on international trains between Sweden and Norway. The station is no longer used, since international trains do not change crew longer, and the village has just 250 inhabitants.
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...
from 1 August 1924, but was then privatized from 1932.