Kjosfossen Station ( no, Kjosfossen holdeplass) is a
railway station
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in
Aurland
Aurland () is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located on the south side of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Aurlandsvangen. Other villages include Bakka, ...
,
Norway
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, on the
Flåm Line. It is from
Myrdal Station
Myrdal Station ( no, Myrdal stasjon) is a mountain railway station and junction, located on the Bergen Line regional mainline in Aurland, Vestland, Norway. The railway station is also the upper terminal of the Flåm Line local railway, which asce ...
, from
Oslo Central Station
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and
above mean sea level
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The comb ...
. The station opened in 1951 as Kjosfossen kraftstasjon, but took the current name from February 1977. There are no residents in the area and the station only exists to allow tourists to step off the train and see the large waterfall
Kjosfossen
Kjosfossen is a waterfall located in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The waterfall is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Norway. Its total fall is around . There is a small power station on the waterfall which is used ...
- which can be viewed from the station's platform. It is also the site of
Kjosfoss Power Station.
[Gubberud & Sunde (1992): 44][Bjerke (1994): 145]
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Railway stations on the Flåm Line
Railway stations in Aurland
Railway stations opened in 1951
1951 establishments in Norway
Railway stations in Norway opened in the 1950s
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