Verdal Station
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Verdal Station is a railway station located in the town of Verdalsøra
Verdalsøra
Verdalsøra is a town in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is the administrative center of the municipality. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord at the mouth of the river Verdalselva...

 in the municipality of Verdal
Verdal
Verdal is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra...

 in Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag
is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...

 county, 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 located along the Nordlandsbanen
Nordlandsbanen
The Nordland Line is a railway line between Trondheim and Bodø in Norway. Running for approximately 729 km, it is the Norwegian railway system's longest line, and the only one in Norway to cross the Arctic Circle. It is owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration...

 railway line and it serves the entire municipality of Verdal except the Vinne
Vinne, Norway
Vinne is a village in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located just south of the Verdalselva river, about southeast of the municipal center of Verdalsøra and about the same distance to the west of Lysthaugen. Vinne is also a parish covering the southern part of...

 area which is served by Bergsgrav Station
Bergsgrav Station
Bergsgrav Station is a railway station located in the village of Vinne in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The station is located on the Nordlandsbanen railway line, and serves the southern Vinne suburb of Verdal...

. The station is served by the Trønderbanen
Trønderbanen
The Trøndelag Commuter Rail is a commuter train service operating in Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. It is operated by Norwegian State Railways with Class 92 diesel multiple units. The service provides a commuter service connecting Trondheim to its suburbs, between towns in Innherred...

 commuter rail service between Steinkjer
Steinkjer
is a town and a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Steinkjer, which is also the seat of the county government...

 and 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 also by regional trains to Bodø
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...

 and 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...

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History

The station was opened on 1 November 1904 on the Hell–Sunnanbanen
Hell–Sunnanbanen
The Hell–Sunnan Line or the was the name of the railway line opened in 1905, running from Hell to Sunnan in Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. Since 1926 the 105 km line constitutes a part of the Nordland Line....

 line as the section to Verdal was finished. It was named Værdalen until 1 June 1919 when it was changed to its present name.

External links

  • Verdal at Norges Statsbaner
    Norges Statsbaner
    Norges Statsbaner AS, also known as the Norwegian State Railways and NSB, is a company which is responsible for most passenger train operation in Norway...

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