Hell Station

Infobox Norwegian station
name = Hell

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caption = Hell Station is the terminus of Meråkerbanen and tourist attraction
locale = Hell
municipality = Stjørdal
line = Nordlandsbanen
Meråkerbanen
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start = 1902
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platforms = 3
owner = Jernbaneverket
operator = Norges Statsbaner
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Hell Station is a railway station located at Hell in Stjørdal, Norway, where the two important railways of Nordlandsbanen and Meråkerbanen meet. The station was first constructed in 1881, though the present station building was opened in 1902. The station is served by commuter trains on Trønderbanen in addition to regional trains between Trondheim S and Östersund on Meråkerbanen, Mittnabotåget. Both services are operated by BM 92 units by Norges Statsbaner (NSB), Norway's public railway company.

The district has become a tourist attraction due to its name, which is associated by English-speakers with Hell, the afterlife of punishment to which, according to religious belief, sinners or heathens are condemned upon death. The name derives from old Norse "hellir", which means cave. In present Norwegian, "hell" means luck and "på hell" means "at an end".

The station's freight building still bears the sign saying "Gods-Expedition", which simply means "freight expedition" or "cargo service" [cite web|url=http://www.gonorway.no/norway/sidevisning.php?id=454|title=GoNorway - Hell|accessdate=2007-04-06] , which is the archaic spelling (in contemporary Norwegian it would be spelled "godsekspedisjon"). The sign is a popular photo opportunity for tourists, Norwegian and foreign alike.

References

External links

* Jernbaneverkets page on [http://www.jernbaneverket.no/jernbanenettet/stasjonssok/stasjonsoversikt/Merakerbanen/index.jhtml?expanded=Hell#Hell Hell Station]
* Norges Statsbaners page on [http://www.nsb.no/stations_gj/article25970-2769.html Hell Station]
* Norsk Jernbaneklubbs page on [http://forsk.njk.no/stdb/index.php?mod=st&aut=&detaljert=1&baneID=127&Stnr=4310&sid=1578 Hell Station]

Nsb next line
line=Nordlandsbanen
prestation=Hommelvik
poststation=Trondheim AirportNsb next line
line=Meråkerbanen
prestation="terminus"
poststation=HegraNsb next regional
prenabotåget=Hommelvik
postnabotåget=HegraNsb next local
line=Trønderbanen
prestation=Hommelvik
poststation=Trondheim Airport