Selsbakk Station
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Selsbakk Station is a railway station
at Selsbakk in Trondheim
, Norway
on Dovrebanen. The station is located 6.4 kilometers south of Trondheim S
and is served by local trains to Røros
. The station was opened 1890 as part of Trondhjem-Størenbanen, but moved somewhat in 1919 when it got a new station building when the line was converted to standard gauge
and became part of Dovrebanen.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
at Selsbakk in Trondheim
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, 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 Dovrebanen. The station is located 6.4 kilometers south of Trondheim S
Trondheim Central Station
Trondheim Central Station or Trondheim S is the main railway station serving the city of Trondheim, Norway. Located at Brattøra in the north part of the city center, it is the terminus of the Dovre Line, running southwards, and the Nordland Line, which runs north...
and is served by local trains to Røros
Røros Station
Røros Station is a railway station located at Røros in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway on the Røros Line. It is located about from Oslo Central Station and it sits about above mean sea level. Service to the station is provided though regional trains operated by the Norwegian State Railways to Trondheim...
. The station was opened 1890 as part of Trondhjem-Størenbanen, but moved somewhat in 1919 when it got a new station building when the line was converted to standard gauge
Standard gauge
The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...
and became part of Dovrebanen.