Notodden Public Transport Terminal ( no, Notodden kollektivterminal) is a

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opened in 2002, and between 2004 and 2015 also 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 pre ...

, serving

Notodden Notodden () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city and List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Øst-Telemark. ...

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. Traditionally located on the

Bratsberg Line The Bratsberg Line ( no, Bratsbergbanen) is a railway line between Eidanger and Notodden in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It opened in 1917, connecting the Tinnos Line, the Sørland Line and the Vestfold Line; allowing Norsk Hydro to tran ...

, it was since 2008 been regarded as part of the

Tinnoset Line , logo = , logo_width = , logo_alt = , image_name = MF-Storegut Tinnoset 2004 SRS.jpg , image_width = , image_alt = , caption = The railway ferry MF ''Storegut ...

. The station has only one track and one platform, and was served by hourly trains to

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by NSB. From 10 August 2015 until 12 December 2020, the rail traffic was moved back to

Notodden New Station Notodden New Station ( no, Notodden nye stasjon) served Notodden, Norway from 1919 to 2004, and again from 2015 to 2020. The station was designed by Gudmund Hoel, finished in 1917 and taken into use two years later when the Bratsberg Line The Br ...

. However, from the introduction of the new timetable on 13 December, this station came back into use.Entur Stop Registry https://stoppested.entur.org/?stopPlaceId=NSR:StopPlace:61101

History

Notodden Old Station was the first station to serve Notodden, and was taken into use when Tinnoset Line opened in 1909. When the extension line of the Bratsberg Line was opened in 1917 Notodden New Station was taken into use. After operations on the Tinnoset Line were terminated in 1991, plans to move the station closer to town were made, and in 2004 the new public transport terminal was taken into use. This station is closer to town than the old one, but the final stretch is not

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like the rest of Bratsberg- and Tinnoset Line.

References

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