Classic route
Meråkerbanen
Trondheim → Storlien · Norway · Sweden
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Up the Stjørdal valley from the Trondheim fjord to the Swedish border at Storlien: freshly electrified in 2024, the northern rail gateway between Norway and Sweden toward Östersund.
Stations
- 0 kmTrondheim
- 13 kmVikhammer
- 23 kmHommelvik
- 30 kmHell
- 40 kmHegra
- 70 kmGudå
- 79 kmMeråker
- 86 kmKopperå
- 104 kmStorlien
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1474142 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Entur: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the Meråkerbanen to Storlien
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Meråkerbanen?
The Meråkerbanen runs 103 km from Trondheim to Storlien. It runs through Norway and Sweden.
How long does the Meråkerbanen take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 40 min for the 103 km. That is an average of 62 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Meråkerbanen?
SJ and Vy, with SJ Norrtåg, Vy.
How old is the Meråkerbanen?
The line has been in service since 1881. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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