Nelaug Station

Nelaug

Passengers changing from express to regional train
Location Nelaug, Åmli
Norway
Coordinates 58°39′26″N 8°37′47″E / 58.65722°N 8.62972°E / 58.65722; 8.62972Coordinates: 58°39′26″N 8°37′47″E / 58.65722°N 8.62972°E / 58.65722; 8.62972
Elevation 141.1 m (463 ft) AMSL
Owned by Norwegian National Rail Administration
Operated by Norwegian State Railways
Line(s) Sørlandet Line
Arendal Line
Distance 281.41 km (174.86 mi)
History
Opened 1910

Nelaug Station (Norwegian: Nelaug stasjon) is a railway station located at Nelaug in Åmli, Norway, north of the Nelaugvannet. The station functions as a meeting station of Sørlandet Line and Arendal Line, that latter which the station functions as terminal station for. Passengers from Oslo to Arendal must change at Nelaug.

History

Since 1910 Nelaug was a stop for the (originally narrow gauged) Treungen Line that was opened to Åmli. In 1935, the Sørland Line was finished from Oslo to Nelaug. At the same time the southern part of the Treungen Line was converted to standard gauge. From 1935 to 1938 Arendal was the terminal station of the Sørland Line, just like Kragerø Station had been from 1927 to 1935. In 1938 the line from Nelaug to Kristiansand Station was opened.

The traffic on the northern section of the Treungen Line was closed in 1967. The entire community of Nelaug, including store and school, is built up around the train station.


Preceding station Line Following station
Vennesla Sørlandet Line Vegårshei
Flaten Arendalsbanen
Preceding station Express trains Following station
Vennesla   KristiansandOslo S   Vegårshei
Preceding station Local trains Following station
Flaten   Arendalsbanen  
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