Mære Station
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| Location |
Mære, Steinkjer Norway |
| Coordinates | 63°56′13″N 11°25′14″E / 63.93694°N 11.42056°ECoordinates: 63°56′13″N 11°25′14″E / 63.93694°N 11.42056°E |
| Elevation | 20.1 m (66 ft) AMSL |
| Owned by | Norwegian State Railways |
| Operated by | Norwegian State Railways |
| Line(s) | Nordland Line |
| Distance | 114.84 km (71.36 mi) |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 April 1917 |
Mære Station (Norwegian: Mære holdeplass) was a railway station on the Nordland Line at Mære in Stjørdal, Norway. The station opened on 1 April 1917 and closed on 7 January 2001.
During the planning of the Hell–Sunnan Line, there was a contentious debate over both the route and the location of the station within the former municipality of Sparbu. The surveys from 1893 proposed a line which would run from Kåberg through Mære to Vist. Two alternative proposals were made, both which ran further east and higher up. The first was for it to run via Leira to Hamren and then down to Mære; this would cost 30,000 Norwegian krone extra and increased the railway's gradient. The second alternative would run from Røskje via Ystgård, Lein, Jørum, Lian and Lånkan to Vist. The second alternative went through even more rolling terrain and would be 2-kilometer (1.2 mi) longer. Both were quickly rejected by the railway engineers. The reason for the alternatives was that there was local desire for the station to be located Lein, which at the time was the natural community center, as it had Nord-Trøndelag county's largest dairy and the store.
Also the placement of stations was contentious. The original plans called for two stations, at Leira (later Sparbu) and Vist. At the time, neither of these locations represented any center of community life. An alternative location at Mære was proposed, with its proponents arguing that it was closer to the newly established Mære Upper Secondary School and Mære Church. The issue was debated in the municipal council in 1898. The initial council decision was to place the station at Kåberg or Hamrun, both at Sparbu, in addition to Vist. Proponents of this location argued that Sparbu was closer for a larger share of the municipality's residents, as a large part of the farms were located uphill from Sparbu. Voting was largely after which station was closest to home for each councilor. The municipal council officially recommended Parliament to choose Kåberg on 17 January 1900.
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