Hell Station

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title: "Hell Station" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["railway-stations-in-stjørdal-municipality", "railway-stations-on-the-meråker-line", "railway-stations-on-the-nordland-line", "national-romantic-architecture-in-norway", "art-nouveau-railway-stations", "railway-stations-in-norway-opened-in-1902", "railway-stations-in-norway-opened-in-1881"] description: "Railway station in Hell, Norway" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Station" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Railway station in Hell, Norway ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox station"]

Field	Value
name	Hell Station
native_name	Hell stasjon
native_name_lang	NO
type	Railway station
image	Hell stasjon 2006.jpg
caption	View of the station
address	Hell, Stjørdal Municipality
borough	Trøndelag
country	Norway
coordinates
map_type	Trøndelag#Norway
owned	Bane NOR
operator	SJ Norge
line	Nordlandsbanen
Meråkerbanen
distance	31.4 km
elevation	3.2 m
platforms	3
code	HEL
opened
closed
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Hell Station () is a railway station located in the village of Hell in Stjørdal Municipality in the Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the intersection of the Nordland Line and the Meråker Line.

Information

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Hell_stasjon_1906.jpg" caption="Steam trains in 1906.
Photo: [[Anders Beer Wilse"] ::

Hell Station serves:

• the Meråker Line between the village Hell and Storlien (station) in Sweden.
• the Trøndelag Commuter Rail system

Both the Meråker line and the Trøndelag commuter rail use Class 92 units by SJ Norge.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/"God's_expedition",_Karin_Beate_Nosterud.jpg" caption="''Hell Gods-Expedition''.
Photo: Karin Beate Nøsterud"] ::

History

Planned by architect Paul Armin Due, the present station building at Hell Station was opened in 1902. It replaced an older building of 1881, whose architect was Peter Andreas Blix.

The small restaurant inside the station was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap on 1 October 1922, but returned to private operation in 1934.

Tourist attraction

Due to its name, Hell Station has become a tourist attraction. While associated with the religious concept Hell by English-speakers, the name Hell derives from Old Norse hellir, which means cave. The Norwegian equivalent to English hell is hel or, more commonly, helvete (compare with Old English hellewīte).

The station's freight building still bears the old sign saying Hell Gods-Expedition. In Norwegian, Gods-Expedition (archaic) or godsekspedisjon (modern) means freight service or cargo handling. This sign is a popular photo opportunity for foreign English-speaking tourists. Especially in the summer months, it is not unusual for foreigners, when discovering the sign, to disembark the train in order to get a photo. The building is not used for freight anymore. All light freight is handled through post offices or competing companies.

References

|line = Nordland Line |prestation = Hommelvik |poststation = Trondheim Airport |postclosed = Sandferhus |line = Meråker Line |prestation = — |poststation = Hegra |premeråkerbanen = Hommelvik |postmeråkerbanen = Hegra |line = Trøndelag Commuter Rail |prestation = Hommelvik |poststation = Trondheim Airport

References

1. "Hell stasjon". [[Norwegian National Rail Administration]].
2. "Hell station". [[Vy.
3. "Hell". [[Norwegian Railway Club]].
4. Just, Carl. (1949). "A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949". Norsk Spisevognselskap.
5. "helvete". Wiktionary.
6. "GoNorway - Hell".

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