Tinnoset Station
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Tinnoset Station was a railway station
on Tinnosbanen located at Tinnoset
in Notodden
, Norway
. At the station was the docks where wagons were transferred from trains to the Tinnsjø railway ferry
.
The station building is built in national romanticism
with logs, drawn by architect Thorvald Astrup
. It was finished in 1908, but did not open until August 9, 1909. It remained manned until 1988, and in from January 1, 1991 the station closed after all passenger traffic closed on Tinnosbanen, as did the freight traffic the following summer.
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...
on Tinnosbanen located at Tinnoset
Tinnoset
Tinnoset is a village in the municipality of Notodden, Norway, located at the southernmost end of Tinnsjå.It is the terminus of Tinnosbanen; cargo is transshipped from the railway to the Tinnsjø railway ferry at Tinnoset....
in Notodden
Notodden
is a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Øst-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Notodden....
, 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...
. At the station was the docks where wagons were transferred from trains to the Tinnsjø railway ferry
Tinnsjø railway ferry
Tinnsjø railway ferry was a Norwegian railway ferry service on the lake Tinnsjå that connected the railways of Rjukanbanen and Tinnosbanen. The long ferry trip made it possible for Norsk Hydro to transport its fertilizer from the plant at Rjukan to the port in Skien...
.
The station building is built in national romanticism
Romantic nationalism
Romantic nationalism is the form of nationalism in which the state derives its political legitimacy as an organic consequence of the unity of those it governs...
with logs, drawn by architect Thorvald Astrup
Thorvald Astrup
Thorvald Astrup was a Norwegian architect, particularly known for industrial architecture.Born in Oslo , he was educated at Christiania Technical School in 1891-92, and Christiania Fine Art School the following year; he also attended Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg from 1896-97...
. It was finished in 1908, but did not open until August 9, 1909. It remained manned until 1988, and in from January 1, 1991 the station closed after all passenger traffic closed on Tinnosbanen, as did the freight traffic the following summer.