Grønvollfoss Station

Grønvollfoss

c.1997
Location Grønvollfoss, Notodden
Norway
Coordinates 59°39′05″N 9°12′50″E / 59.65139°N 9.21389°E / 59.65139; 9.21389Coordinates: 59°39′05″N 9°12′50″E / 59.65139°N 9.21389°E / 59.65139; 9.21389
Elevation 136.3 m (447 ft)
Owned by Norwegian State Railways
Operated by Norwegian State Railways
Line(s) Tinnoset Line
Distance 158.70 km (98.61 mi)
Platforms 1
Construction
Architect Thorvald Astrup
History
Opened 9 August 1909

Grønvollfoss Station (Norwegian: Grønvollfoss stasjon) was a railway station serving Grønvollfoss in Notodden, Norway on the Tinnoset Line from 1909 to the line closed in 1991.

Designed by Thorvald Astrup it opened on 9 August 1909 as a stop called Grøndvoldsfoss. It got the current name on 1 January 1922. It became a station in 1965, but a stop again in 1976 after the station was razed. It was manned until 1960. It was closed along with the railway on 1 January 1991.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Payton, Gary; Lepperød, Trond (1995). Rjukanbanen på sporet av et industrieventyr. Rjukan: Maana Forlag. p. 202. ISBN 82-993549-1-9.

External links

Preceding station Line Following station
Lisleherad Tinnos Line Årlifoss


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