Bodø Station
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Bodø Station is a railway station located in downtown Bodø
in Nordland
, Norway
. The station is the terminus
of the Nordland Line that was completed in 1961. The station is served by day- and night
trains to Trondheim
and commuter trains to Rognan
, operated by the Norwegian State Railways using Class 93 units.
The decision to build the railway to Bodø was taken in 1923, but was not completed until the 1960s due to lack of funds and World War II
. Freight traffic
was permitted from December 1961 while the passenger section was opened on 7 June 1962 by Olav V of Norway. In 2010, the station building was upgraded for 25 million Norwegian krone
, including a 23-room, 71-bed hostel.
Bodø
is a city and a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten region.The city of Bodø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Bodin was merged with Bodø on 1 January 1968. Skjerstad was merged with Bodø on 1 January 2005...
in Nordland
Nordland
is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...
, 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...
. The station is the terminus
Terminal Station
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of the Nordland Line that was completed in 1961. The station is served by day- and night
NSB Night Train
NSB Night Train is a night sleeping car service provided by the Norwegian State Railways on four routes; Oslo - Bergen , Oslo - Stavanger , Oslo - Trondheim and Trondheim - Bodø .The service is provided using El 18 locomotives with WLAB2 and B7 cars on the electrified lines in Southern Norway,...
trains to 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...
and commuter trains to Rognan
Rognan
Rognan is the centre of the municipality of Saltdal in Norway, with 2,532 inhabitants . The town is located innermost in the Salten fjord. Local industry includes the optical cable factory of Nexans Norway and Hepro...
, operated by the Norwegian State Railways using Class 93 units.
The decision to build the railway to Bodø was taken in 1923, but was not completed until the 1960s due to lack of funds and World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Freight traffic
Freight train
A freight train or goods train is a group of freight cars or goods wagons hauled by one or more locomotives on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics chain...
was permitted from December 1961 while the passenger section was opened on 7 June 1962 by Olav V of Norway. In 2010, the station building was upgraded for 25 million Norwegian krone
Norwegian krone
The krone is the currency of Norway and its dependent territories. The plural form is kroner . It is subdivided into 100 øre. The ISO 4217 code is NOK, although the common local abbreviation is kr. The name translates into English as "crown"...
, including a 23-room, 71-bed hostel.