Grovane

Grovane
Village
View of the village railway station
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Coordinates: 58°18′04″N 7°59′02″E / 58.3012°N 07.9840°E / 58.3012; 07.9840Coordinates: 58°18′04″N 7°59′02″E / 58.3012°N 07.9840°E / 58.3012; 07.9840
Country	Norway
Region	Southern Norway
County	Vest-Agder
District	Kristiansand
Municipality	Vennesla
Elevation	55 m (180 ft)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code	4706 Vennesla

Grovane is a village in Vennesla municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the shores of the river Otra, about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north of the large village of Vennesla.

The Sørlandsbanen railway line runs through the village stopping at Grovane Station. The station was historically a stop along the Setesdal Line. While the original Setesdal Line was a narrow-gauge railway, Sørlandsbanen was (and still is) a standard gauge railway. After the Sørlandsbanen was completed to Kristiansand in 1938, Grovane station became the terminus station for the Setesdal Line. Freight and passengers had to change trains for onward transport by Sørlandsbanen.

Today, the Setesdal Line (first opened 1885, closed 1962) is a heritage railway and a railway museum with steam trains serving the 8-kilometre (5.0 mi) line between Grovane and Røyknes. Four steam locomotives from 1894-1902 are preserved, along with a number of passenger and freight cars.