Åre Railway Station

Åre railway station is a railway station located at Åre in Åre Municipality,

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

on the

Mittbanan The Central Line ( sv, Mittbanan) is a long railway line between Sundsvall and Storlien in central Sweden (Västernorrland County and Jämtland County). It continues as the long Meråker Line through Norway to Hell Station and onwards to Trondhe ...

railway. The first station building was opened in 1881 and designed by

Adolf W. Edelsvärd Adolf Wilhelm Edelsvärd (28 June 1824 – 15 October 1919) was a Swedish architect, engineer and military officer. Biography Edelsvärd was born at Östersund in Jämtland, Sweden. His father, Fredrik Wilhelm Edelsvärd, was a military of ...

. In 2006 a new station building was opened some hundred metres east of the old, just months before the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 started. Railway stations in Jämtland County Railway stations opened in 1881 1881 establishments in Sweden {{Sweden-railstation-stub