Nelaug Station

Nelaug
Nelaug
	Railway station
	View of Nelaug station in 2011
Location	Nelaug, Åmli; Norway
Coordinates	58.6577°N 08.6297°E
Elevation	141.1 m (463 ft)
Owned by	Bane NOR
Operated by	Go-Ahead Norge
Line(s)	Sørlandsbanen; Arendalsbanen
Distance	281.41 km (174.86 mi)
Connections	Bus to Treungen
Construction
Parking	10
Architect	Bjarne Friis Baastad; and Gudmund Hoel
History
Opened	10 November 1910
Location
	Nelaug Location within Agder Nelaug Nelaug (Norway)

Nelaug Station (Norwegian: Nelaug stasjon) is a railway station located at the village of Nelaug in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. The station sits just north of the lake Nelaug. The station functions as a meeting station of the Sørlandsbanen and Arendalsbanen railway lines. The Arendalsbanen line is a branch line that runs from Nelaug to Arendal Station. Passengers from Oslo to Arendal must change trains at Nelaug. The station was opened on 10 November 1910, and in 1935, a new building was completed.[1][2]

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. Also at that time, a new station building was completed at Nelaug by the architects Bjarne Friis Baastad and Gudmund Hoel. 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.

References

"Nelaug" (in Norwegian). Norsk Jernbaneklubb. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
"Nelaug stasjon" (in Norwegian). Bane NOR. Retrieved 2017-12-21.

Preceding station	Line		Following station
Vennesla	Sørlandet Line		Vegårshei
Flaten	Arendalsbanen		—
Preceding station	Express trains		Following station
Vennesla		Kristiansand–Oslo S	Vegårshei
Preceding station	Local trains		Following station
Flaten		Arendalsbanen	—

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[1] "Nelaug" (in Norwegian). Norsk Jernbaneklubb. Retrieved 2017-12-21.

[2] "Nelaug stasjon" (in Norwegian). Bane NOR. Retrieved 2017-12-21.