Hell Station

Hell

Hell Station platforms.
Photo: Alasdair McLellan
Location Hell, Stjørdal
Norway
Coordinates 63°26′46″N 10°53′55″E / 63.44611°N 10.89861°E / 63.44611; 10.89861Coordinates: 63°26′46″N 10°53′55″E / 63.44611°N 10.89861°E / 63.44611; 10.89861
Elevation 3.2 m (10 ft)
Operated by Norwegian State Railways
Line(s) Nordland Line
Meråker Line
Distance 31.4 km (19.5 mi)
Platforms 3
History
Opened 1881

Hell Station (Norwegian: Hell stasjon) is a railway station located in the village of Hell in the Municipality of Stjørdal in the County of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. It is located at the intersection of the Nordland Line and the Meråker Line.

Information

Steam trains in 1907.
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse

Hell Station serves:

Both services are operated by Class 92 units by the Norwegian State Railways.[1][2][3]

Hell Gods-Expedition.
Photo: Karin Beate Nøsterud

History

Planned by architect Paul Armin Due, the present station building at Hell Station was opened in 1902. It replaced an older building of 1881, whose architect was Peter Andreas Blix.

The restaurant was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap on 1 October 1922, but returned to private operation in 1934.[4]

Tourist attraction

Due to its name, Hell Station has become a tourist attraction.

The station's freight building still bears the old sign saying Hell Gods-Expedition. In Norwegian, Gods-Expedition (archaic) or godsekspedisjon (modern) means freight service or cargo handling.[5] This sign is a popular photo opportunity for foreign tourists, and especially in the summer months, it is not unusual that foreigners, when discovering the sign, evacuate the train in order to get a photo.

Whilst associated with the religious concept Hell by English-speakers, the name Hell derives from Old Norse hellir, which means cave. The Norwegian equivalent to English hell is hel or, more commonly, helvete (compare with Old English hellewīte).

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hell stasjon.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Hell, Norway.
  1. "Hell stasjon" (in Norwegian). Norwegian National Rail Administration. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  2. "Hell station". Norwegian State Railways. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  3. "Hell" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Railway Club. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  4. Just, Carl (1949). A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk Spisevognselskap. p. 64. OCLC 40310643.
  5. "GoNorway - Hell". Retrieved 2007-04-06.
Preceding station Line Following station
Hommelvik Nordland Line Trondheim Airport
Sandferhus
Meråker Line Hegra
Preceding station Regional trains Following station
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