Storvik is a
locality
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situated in
Sandviken Municipality
Sandviken Municipality (''Sandvikens kommun'') is a municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. The seat is the town
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,
Gävleborg County
Gävleborg County ( sv, Gävleborgs län) is a county or '' län'' on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala, Västmanland, Dalarna, Jämtland and Västernorrland. The capital is Gävle.
Provinces
Gävleborg Cou ...
,
Sweden
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with 2,165 inhabitants in 2010.
Storvik was and still is an important railway junction for freight trains. Here
the Northern Main Line,
the Bergslagen Line and the goods route through Bergslagen meet up.
Storvik once had the longest train platform in Europ
References
Populated places in Sandviken Municipality
Gästrikland
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