Storlien Station ( sv, Storlien station, no, Storlien 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 pre ...

located at

Storlien Storlien is a village and ski resort located in Åre municipality in Jämtland, Sweden, two kilometres from the Swedish-Norwegian border. The primary bases of the settlement are tourism and outdoor life – alpine skiing, snowmobiling, cross ...

Åre Municipality Åre Municipality (, ) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Järpen. The present municipality was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of "old" Åre Municipality with the surrounding municipalities H ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. Located east of the

Norway–Sweden border The Norway–Sweden border ( no, Svenskegrensa, sv, Norska gränsen) is a long land national border, and the longest border for both Norway and Sweden. History The border has changed several times because of war. Before 1645, Jämtland, Härj ...

, it serves as changeover station between the Norwegian

Meråker Line The Meråker Line ( no, Meråkerbanen) is a railway line which runs through the district and valley of Stjørdalen in Trøndelag county, Norway. The line branches off from the Nordland Line at Hell Station and runs eastwards to the Norway–Swed ...

and the Swedish Central Line (the actual ownership border and name change between the lines is at the national border). The altitude is , the highest located station in Sweden. The station is from Trondheim, from Sundsvall and from Stockholm. The station and entire line Östersund–Trondheim was inaugurated by the king

Oscar II Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905. Oscar was the son of King Oscar I and Queen Josephine. He inherited the Swedish and Norweg ...

in Storlien 1882. The village of Storlien is primarily a

ski resort A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area – a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In North ...

and border shopping place. there are no through passenger services.

SJ Norge SJ (formally ''SJ AB'') is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden. SJ was created in 2001, out of the public transport division of ''Statens Järnvägar'', when the former government agency was divided into six separate government- ...

operates regional trains from

Trondheim Central Station Trondheim Central Station ( no, Trondheim sentralstasjon) or Trondheim S is the main railway station serving the city of Trondheim, Norway. Located at Brattøra in the north part of the city centre, it is the terminus of the Dovre Line, running so ...

, and

Norrtåg Norrtåg (English: Northern Trains) is a publicly owned company which is owned by Norrbotten County, Västerbotten County, Västernorrland County and Jämtland County in Sweden. The company owns passenger trains and organises passenger train ope ...

(

Vy Tåg Vy Tåg AB is a Swedish railway company that operates franchises in different parts of Sweden. The company was founded in 1999 by three former railway employees in Statens Järnvägar and the investment company Småföretagsinvest/Fylkinvest. In ...

) operates regional trains from

Sundsvall Central Station The Sundsvall Central Station (Swedish: ''Sundsvalls centralstation'') is an historic railway station in Sundsvall, Sweden. It was designed by architect Folke Zettervall and opened December 17, 1925. The station is owned by Jernhusen Jernhusen ...

via

Östersund Central Station Östersund Central Station ( sv, Östersund centralstation) or Östersund C is the main railway station serving Östersund, Sweden. It is located on the Middle Line (''Mittbananand'') and the Inland Line (''Inlandsbanan'') and is served by SJ, ...

, both twice a day, connecting at Storlien. Although the Swedish railway is electrified up to the border, the Norwegian line is not, so all service to Norway must be by diesel train. There is a decision from 2013 to electrify the Norwegian railway, and contracts were awarded in 2021, with electrical services scheduled to operate from 2023/2024. , - , ''Terminus'' , , , , Storlien– Sundsvall C (

) , , , , Enafors

References

{{reflist Railway stations in Jämtland County Railway stations on the Meråker Line Railway stations opened in 1886 1886 establishments in Sweden Norway–Sweden border crossings