Levanger Station

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|native_name = Levanger stasjon

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|type = Railway station

|image = Levanger stasjon 1.jpg

|caption = View of the station

|address = Levanger, Levanger Municipality

|borough = Trøndelag

|country = Norway

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|owned = Bane NOR

|operator = SJ Norge

|line = Nordlandsbanen

|distance = {{convert|83.90|km}}

|elevation = {{convert|3.3|m}} above sea level

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|code = LEV

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|architect = Paul Due

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Levanger Station ({{langx|no|Levanger stasjon}}) is a railway station located in the centre of the town of Levanger in Levanger Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The station is located along the Nordland Line. The station serves both local and express trains northbound through Innherred and to Nordland, and southbound to Trondheim. The Trøndelag Commuter Rail, which runs between Steinkjer and Trondheim, stops at Levanger, and operates at a one-hour intervals.{{cite web |url=http://www.nsb.no/stations_kn/levanger-station-article26225-2770.html |title=Levanger Station |publisher=NSB|accessdate=25 May 2011}}

History

The station was opened on 29 October 1902 on the Hell–Sunnan Line as the section to Levanger was finished. There was at the time of construction a controversy as to whether the station should be in the western or eastern part of town.{{cite book|last1=Hoås|first1=Jan|last2=Stene|first2=Morten|year=2005|title=Hell Sunnanbanen |publisher=Jubileumskomiteen |language=Norwegian|pages=33–34}}{{cite web|url=http://forsk.njk.no/stdb/index.php?mod=st&aut=&detaljert=1&baneID=141&Stnr=4507&sid=1652|title=Levanger|publisher=Norwegian Railway Club|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2011-05-25}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Jernbanen/Stasjonssok/-L-/Levanger/|title=Levanger stasjon|publisher=Norwegian National Rail Administration|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2011-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328204405/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Jernbanen/Stasjonssok/-L-/Levanger/|archive-date=2013-03-28|url-status=dead}} Operation of the restaurant was run by Norsk Spisevognselskap between 1 October 1934 and 8 May 1945.{{cite book |title=A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949 |location=Oslo |publisher=Norsk Spisevognselskap |year=1949 |first=Carl |last=Just |authorlink=Carl Just |oclc=40310643 |language=Norwegian |page=66}}