Snartemo Station
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Snartemo
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Snartemo, Hægebostad Norway |
| Coordinates | 58°19′53″N 7°12′40″E / 58.33139°N 7.21111°ECoordinates: 58°19′53″N 7°12′40″E / 58.33139°N 7.21111°E |
| Elevation | 151.6 m (497 ft) AMSL |
| Owned by | Norwegian National Rail Administration |
| Operated by | Norwegian State Railways |
| Line(s) | Sørlandet Line |
| Distance | 428.85 km (266.48 mi) |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 2 |
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| Architect | Gudmund Hoel |
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| Opened | 17 December 1943 |
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| Passengers | 30,600 (annually) |
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 Snartemo
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Snartemo Station (Norwegian: Snartemo stasjon) is a railway station of the Sørlandet Line situated in the village of Snartemo in Hægebostad municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. Located 428.85 kilometers (266.48 mi) from Oslo Central Station, the station is situated on a 950-meter (3,120 ft) embankment between the Hægebostad Tunnel and the Kvineshei Tunnel.
Snartemo is served by long-distance trains operated by the Norwegian State Railways. In addition to intercity services to Oslo and Stavanger, the eight daily trains in each direction serve as a commuter link to Kristiansand. The station features two side platforms and a station building designed by Gudmund Hoel.
The station was opened on 17 December 1943 as part of the segment of the Sørlandet Line between Kristiasand and Sira. The line past the station was electrified from 18 February 1944 and the station automated in 1969. The station has been unmanned since 1997. It received a renovation and new platform in 2009. Snartemo had 30,600 passengers in 2008.
Work on the Sørlandet Line through Hægebostad commenced in 1934 with work on the Hægebostad Tunnel. Unlike some of the other tunnels on the line, it was built by hand. The Kvineshei tunnel was drilled with machines, and these took over the last work on the Hægebostad Tunnel. The earthwork from the tunnels was used to build an embankment through Lyngdalen at Snartemo, on which the line and station was placed.
Snartemo Station was built during the Second World War under the German-administrated expansion of the Sørlandet Line west of Kristiansand. The station building was completed in 1942. It was originally proposed to be named Hægebostad, but this was changed to Snartemo. Irregular revenue traffic commenced on the line on 17 December 1943 and the station became operative from the same day. Electric traction was introduced on 18 February 1944, ahead of ordinary traffic commencing on 1 March 1944.
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