Røros Station
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Røros Station is a railway station located at Røros
in Sør-Trøndelag
, Norway
on the Røros Line. It is located about 399 kilometres (247.9 mi) from Oslo Central Station and it sits about 628 metres (2,060.4 ft) above mean sea level
. Service to the station is provided though regional trains operated by the Norwegian State Railways to Trondheim
and Hamar
. The station was opened in 1877, the same time that the Røros Line opened. The station restaurant was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap
on 1 December 1944.
Røros
is a town and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Other villages include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen....
in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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, 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 Røros Line. It is located about 399 kilometres (247.9 mi) from Oslo Central Station and it sits about 628 metres (2,060.4 ft) above mean sea level
Above mean sea level
The term above mean sea level refers to the elevation or altitude of any object, relative to the average sea level datum. AMSL is used extensively in radio by engineers to determine the coverage area a station will be able to reach...
. Service to the station is provided though regional trains operated by the Norwegian State Railways 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 Hamar
Hamar
is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849...
. The station was opened in 1877, the same time that the Røros Line opened. The station 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...
on 1 December 1944.