Neslandsvatn Station ( no, Neslandsvatn stasjon) is a

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located in

Neslandsvatn Neslandsvatn is a village in Drangedal Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The village is located along the small lake Neslandsvatnet, about to the southeast of the village of Prestestranda. The village of Henseid is located ab ...

Drangedal Drangedal is a municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestestranda. The municipality of Drangedal was established ...

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on the

Sørlandet Line The Sørlandet Line ( no, Sørlandsbanen) is a railway line between Drammen (though this is connected to Oslo by means of the Drammen Line) via Kristiansand to Stavanger. The line is long between Oslo and Stavanger. History The railway was cons ...

. The station is served by express trains to

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

and

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 of ...

History

The station was opened on 2 December 1927 when the Sørland Line opened to

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 ...

. In 1935, the Sørland Line was extended to Arendal Station, while the line to Kragerø was transformed to the

Kragerø Line The Kragerø Line () was a long railway line between Neslandsvatn and Kragerø in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It was opened on 2 December 1927 as part of the Sørlandet Line. From 10 November 1935, the Sørlandet Line was extended from N ...

. This line was closed in 1989 and passengers are now transport the by

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References

Railway stations on the Sørlandet Line Railway stations in Telemark Railway stations opened in 1927 1927 establishments in Norway Drangedal Railway stations in Norway opened in the 1920s {{norway-railstation-stub