Levanger Station

Railway station in Levanger, Norway

Levanger Station

Levanger stasjon

Railway station

View of the station

General information
Location| Levanger, Levanger
Trøndelag
Norway
Coordinates| 63°44′41″N 11°18′03″E﻿ / ﻿63.744731°N 11.300719°E﻿ / 63.744731; 11.300719
Elevation| 3.3 metres (11 ft) above sea level
Owned by| Bane NOR
Operated by| SJ Norge
Line(s)| Nordlandsbanen
Distance| 83.90 kilometres (52.13 mi)
Connections| Bus: AtB
Construction
Architect| Paul Due
Other information
Station code| LEV
History
Opened| 29 October 1902 (1902-10-29)

Location

Levanger Station

Location within Trøndelag

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Levanger Station

Levanger Station (Norway)

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Levanger Station (Norwegian: Levanger stasjon) is a railway station located in the centre of the town of Levanger in the municipality of Levanger in Trøndelag county, Norway. The station is located along the Nordland Line. The station serves both local and express trains northbound through Innherred and to Nordland, and southbound to Trondheim. The Trøndelag Commuter Rail, which runs between Steinkjer and Trondheim, stops at Levanger, and operates at a one-hour intervals.[1]

## History

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The station was opened on 29 October 1902 on the Hell–Sunnan Line as the section to Levanger was finished. There was at the time of construction a controversy as to whether the station should be in the western or eastern part of town.[2][3][4] Operation of the restaurant was run by Norsk Spisevognselskap between 1 October 1934 and 8 May 1945.[5]

## Media gallery

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* Levanger station, facing the tracks.

* Levanger station, city façade.

* Train at Levanger station in 1907.

* Levanger map from 1909. The station is the southernmost red building.

## References

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1. ^ "Levanger Station". NSB. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
2. ^ Hoås, Jan; Stene, Morten (2005). Hell Sunnanbanen (in Norwegian). Jubileumskomiteen. pp. 33–34.
3. ^ "Levanger" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Railway Club. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
4. ^ "Levanger stasjon" (in Norwegian). Norwegian National Rail Administration. Archived from the original on 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
5. ^ Just, Carl (1949). A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk Spisevognselskap. p. 66\. OCLC 40310643.

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Skogn
Sykehuset Levanger | Nordland Line | HiNT
Elberg
Preceding station | Express trains | Following station
Stjørdal | F7 | Trondheim S–Bodø |  | Steinkjer
Preceding station | Local trains | Following station
Skogn |  | Trøndelag Commuter Rail |  | HiNT Røstad

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