Hjerkinn Station is a
railway station located at
Hjerkinn
Hjerkinn is a village in the municipality of Dovre in Innlandet county in Norway. The village is located in the Dovrefjell mountains, about northeast of Dombås and about northwest of the village of Folldal. It is one of the driest places in th ...
in
Dovre,
Norway. The station is located on the
Dovre Line and served by four daily express trains each direction to
Oslo and
Trondheim. There is no settlement at Hjerkinn, though there is an
army base as well as the nearby
Dovre National Park.
The station was opened in 1921 as part of the Dovre Line when it was extended from Dombås to Trondheim. The building has been
preserved as a cultural heritage site, but the buildings have been worn down due to the weather. The highest point of the Dovre Line, at 1024 meters, is about one kilometer north of the station.
See also
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Nidareid train disaster
The Nidareid train disaster was a train collision on 18 September 1921 on the Trondhjem–Støren Line railway line, between the stations of Marienborg and Skansen in Trondheim, Norway. The accident occurred the day after the inauguration of th ...
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Railway stations in Oppland
Railway stations on the Dovre Line
Railway stations opened in 1921
1921 establishments in Norway