Bjørnfjell Station () is a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
in the village of
Bjørnfjell in
Narvik Municipality
() is the third-largest List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Narvik (town), town of Narvik. Some of the notable villag ...
in
Nordland
Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...
county,
Norway
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. It is located along the
Ofotbanen
The Ofoten Line () is a rail transport, railway line in Narvik Municipality, Norway. It runs from the Port of Narvik to Riksgränsen on the Norway–Sweden border, where the line continues as the Malmbanan, Ore Line via Kiruna and Gällivare to ...
railway line, between
Søsterbekk Station and
Riksgränsen Station (which is in Sweden). It is about from
Narvik Station __NOTOC__
Narvik is a railway station located in Narvik Municipality in Nordland, Norway on the Ofoten Line. The station is located about from the end of the line at the Port of Narvik.
It is served by two daily passenger trains, one to Stockh ...
and from the Swedish border.
The Swedish
Iron Ore Line
The Iron Ore Line () is a long railway line between Riksgränsen and Boden in Norrbotten County, Sweden, owned by Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration). The line also contains two branches, from Kiruna to Svappavaara and from G� ...
was extended to the town of
Narvik
() is the third-largest List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Narvik (town), town of Narvik. Some of the notable villag ...
in 1902. Increased traffic made a new station between
Katterat Station (then Hundalen Station) and the Swedish border desirable, and the Old Bjørnfjell Station was opened in the fall of 1913. The present Bjørnfjell Station, located further east, was opened in 1925. The old station continued to exist as a stop until 1956.
The elevation of the current station is .
Bjørnfjell, which means "Bear Mountain" in Norwegian, is also the name of the mountain (peak elevation 760 meters) near which the station is located. The
European route E10
European route E10 is the second shortest Class A road which is part of the International E-road network. It begins in Å, Norway, and ends in Luleå, Sweden. The road is about in length. The Norwegian part of the road is also named Kong Ol ...
highway passes through the
Bjørnfjell area.
References
Railway stations on the Ofoten Line
Railway stations in Narvik
Railway stations in Norway opened in 1925
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