Nelaug Station ( no, Nelaug stasjon) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

located at the village of

Nelaug Nelaug is a village in the southern part of the municipality of Åmli in Agder county, Norway. The population (2001) was 161. The village lies at east of the Nelaug lake, which is regulated by a hydroelectric power plant. The most notable fe ...

Åmli Åmli is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional region of Sørlandet. The main population centre and administrative center is the village of Åmli which lies along the river Nidelva. Other villages in Åmli i ...

municipality in

Agder Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

. The station sits just north of the lake

. The station functions as a meeting station of the Sørlandsbanen and

Arendalsbanen The Arendal Line ( no, Arendalsbanen) is a long railway line between Arendal and Simonstad in Norway. At Nelaug, north of Arendal, the line intersects with the Sørland Line. The southern section is electrified and provides a feeder passenger s ...

railway lines. The Arendalsbanen line is a branch line that runs from Nelaug to Arendal Station. Passengers from

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

to Arendal must change trains at Nelaug. The station was opened on 10 November 1910, and in 1935, a new building was completed.

History

Since 1910, Nelaug was a stop for the (originally narrow gauged)

Treungen Line The Arendal Line ( no, Arendalsbanen) is a long railway line between Arendal and Simonstad in Norway. At Nelaug, north of Arendal, the line intersects with the Sørland Line. The southern section is electrified and provides a feeder passenger ...

that was opened to Åmli. In 1935, the Sørland Line was finished from Oslo to Nelaug. At the same time the southern part of the Treungen Line was converted to standard gauge. Also at that time, a new station building was completed at Nelaug by the

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s Bjarne Friis Baastad and Gudmund Hoel. From 1935 to 1938, Arendal was the terminal station of the Sørland Line, just like

Kragerø Station Kragerø Station ( no, Kragerø stasjon) was a railway station located in Kragerø, Norway on the Kragerø Line. History The station was opened on December 2, 1927 when the Sørlandet Line was opened to Kragerø from Lunde Station. In 1935 the ...

had been from 1927 to 1935. In 1938 the line from Nelaug to Kristiansand Station was opened. The traffic on the northern section of the Treungen Line was closed in 1967. The entire community of Nelaug, including store and school, is built up around the train station.

References

Railway stations in Åmli Railway stations on the Sørlandet Line Railway stations on the Arendal Line Railway stations opened in 1910 1910 establishments in Norway {{norway-railstation-stub