Narvik | |||||
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 Narvik station in 2022 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Narvik Municipality, Nordland county Norway | ||||
| Coordinates | 68°26′30″N 17°26′30″E / 68.44167°N 17.44167°E | ||||
| Elevation | 46.6 metres (153 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Bane NOR | ||||
| Operated by | |||||
| Line(s) | Ofoten Line | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | NK | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1902 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 1951 | ||||
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Narvik is a railway station located in Narvik Municipality in Nordland, Norway on the Ofoten Line. The station is located about 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) from the end of the line at the Port of Narvik.
It is served by two daily passenger trains, one to Stockholm (an overnight train, see below) and one to Luleå, both go via Kiruna and Boden, all these destinations are in Sweden.[1] In 2024 these passenger services are operated by Vy Tåg, a subsidiary of the former Norwegian State Railways which won the operating contract, but SJ, a state-owned passenger train operator in Sweden, has won back the contract from 15 December 2024 onwards.[2]
Since 2020 a local summer seasonal passenger service, called 'The Arctic Train' has been operated between Narvik and Bjørnfjell and back. Tickets are sold to general public but cruise ship passengers are a target group.[3][4]
The station is the northernmost station in the Schengen Area and the northernmost standard-gauge railway station in the world.[citation needed]
It is the northern terminus for one of Europe's most celebrated night trains, the Norrlandståget which leaves Stockholm around six every afternoon, reaches Lappmarken by early the following morning, and then traverses the mountains that delimit the modern frontier between Sweden and Norway to reach the Ofotfjord, on the south shore of which lies the port of Narvik, where it arrives early afternoon. It is a journey which has been praised as "surely one of the most engaging adventures by train in all Europe".[5]
Onward journey is by bus only. Narvik is a bus hub, the bus station is located about 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) south-west of the railway station at Sleggesvingen (68°26′15″N 17°25′20″E / 68.43750°N 17.42222°E), popular routes include:
- South to Fauske, Bodø and the Norwegian rail network
- West to Svolvær/Lofoten, Sortland/Vesterålen and Harstad.
- North to Tromsø, with connections to Finnsnes and Senja.[6]
- ^ "Narvik stasjon". Entur. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Nyström, Ulf (10 July 2024). "SJ tar över nattågen i norr" [SJ takes over the night trains in the north]. Järnvägar. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "The Arctic Train - The Ofot Railway". Norways best. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "The Arctic Train - Ofoten Line". Visit Narvik. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Gardner, Nicky (July 2007). "Night Train to Narvik". Hidden Europe Magazine. 15: 22–27.
- ^ "Northern Norway by bus: Narvik is a bus hub". northern norway. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.