Stange Station ( no, Stange stasjon) is located in

Stange is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebye ...

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on the

Dovre Line The Dovre Line ( no, Dovrebanen) is a Norwegian railway line with three slightly different lines which all lead to the historic city of Trondheim. Definition *Dovre Line is the current name of the 548 km main line of the Norwegian railway s ...

. The

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was opened in 1880 with the construction of the railway between

Eidsvoll Eidsvoll (; sometimes written as ''Eidsvold'') is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet. General information E ...

and

Hamar Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hedmarken. ...

. Stange is only served by regional trains by Vy. In 1999 the station was almost closed by the

Norwegian Railway Inspectorate The Norwegian Railway Authority ( no, Statens jernbanetilsyn) is a Norwegian government agency responsible for practical control and supervision of rail transport in Norway, including railways, tramways, rapid transits, heritage railways and si ...

who required the

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to rebuild one of the platforms, removing a small one between track one and two, and putting in a broader one between track two and three.

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*Railway stations on the Dovre Line Railway stations in Innlandet Railway stations opened in 1880 1880 establishments in Norway Railway stations in Norway opened in the 1880s {{Norway-railstation-stub