Kårdal Station ( no, Kårdal 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
The Flåm Line ( no, Flåmsbana) is a long railway line between Myrdal and Flåm in Aurland Municipality, in Vestland county, Norway. A branch line of the Bergen Line, it runs through the valley of Flåmsdalen and connects the mainline with Sog ...
. 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 ...
,
[Gubberud & Sunde (1992): 44] from
Oslo Central Station
Oslo Central Station ( no, Oslo sentralstasjon, abbreviated ) is the main railway station in Oslo, and the largest railway station within the entire Norwegian railway system. It connects with Jernbanetorget station. It's the terminus of Dramm ...
[Bjerke (1994): 145] and
above mean sea level
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.
The station opened on 16 June 1946.
It is the station that traditionally served the farm furthest up in the valley of
Flåmsdalen.
[Gubberud & Sunde (1992): 40] Because the station is located on a gradient, only trains heading downhill can stop at the station.
The 2015 - 16 Flåmsbana timetable lists the station as disused.
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Railway stations on the Flåm Line
Railway stations in Aurland
Railway stations opened in 1946
1946 establishments in Norway
Railway stations in Norway opened in the 1940s
Railway stations closed in 2015
Railway stations in Norway closed in the 21st century
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