Jåttå Station () was a

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located at Jåttå in

Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...

municipality in

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county,

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. The station was served by the

Jæren Commuter Rail The Jæren Commuter Rail () is a commuter train service operated along the westernmost part of the Sørland Line in Jæren, Norway. It is operated by Go-Ahead Norge with nine NSB Class 72, Class 72 electric multiple units. The service acts as a ...

between

and

Egersund Egersund is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Eigersund municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located along the southwestern coast of Norway, about south of the city of Stavanger (city), Stavanger. The town is situat ...

. The station was located south of the centre of the city of Stavanger and was used as an extra stop for trains when there were

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Viking Stadion Viking Stadion (currently named Lyse Arena for sponsorship reasons), is a football (soccer), football stadium in Stavanger, Norway. It was inaugurated in May 2004 and cost 160 million Norwegian krone, NOK (€20 million) to build. 50 million NOK, ...

History

The station was opened along with the football stadium in 2004. It closed on 6 January 2008 when it was replaced by the nearby Jåttåvågen Station, the first part of the new

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between Stavanger and

Sandnes Sandnes () is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest municipality in Norway, and together the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sand ...

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