Neslandsvatn Station is a railway station located in Neslandsvatn

Neslandsvatn

Neslandsvatn is a small village in Drangedal with a population of 262. It is also a station on Sørlandsbanen. It is a popular skiing and snowboarding area....

 in Drangedal

Drangedal

Drangedal is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestestranda. The municipality of Drangedal was established on 1 January 1838...

, 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 Sørland Line. The station is served by express trains to Kristiansand

Kristiansand

-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...

 and 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...

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History

The station was opened on 2 December 1927 when the Sørland Line opened to Kragerø Station

Kragerø Station

Kragerø Station was a railway station located in Kragerø, Norway on the Kragerø Line.-History:The station was opened on December 2, 1927 when Sørlandsbanen was opened to Kragerø from Lunde Station. In 1935 the line was made the branch line Kragerøbanen when Sørlandsbanen was extended to Arendal...

. In 1935, the Sørland Line was extended to Arendal Station

Arendal Station

Arendal Station is the terminus railway station of the Arendal Line, located in Arendal, Norway. The station opened on 23 November 1908 and is served by the Norwegian State Railways.-Planning:...

, while the line to Kragerø was transformed to the Kragerø Line. This line was closed in 1989 and passengers are now transport the 27 kilometres (16.8 mi) by coach

Coach (vehicle)

A coach is a large motor vehicle, a type of bus, used for conveying passengers on excursions and on longer distance express coach scheduled transport between cities - or even between countries...

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