Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 3, 2012

Hallingskeid Station (Hallingskeid stasjon) is a railway station on the Bergen Line in Ulvik, Norway. Located at 1110 m above mean sea level, the station is located within a snow tunnel. It opened along with the central section of the line on 10 June 1908 and remained manned until 1982. It is located on the Hardangervidda plateau in an area without population or road access. The station therefore serves trekkers and mountaineers. Only some of the Norwegian State Railways' (NSB) trains call at the station. The original station building was a standard design made by Paul Due, which was also used for four other mountain stations on the line. The snow tunnel has burned five times; in 1948, 1953 and 2008, it only caused minor damage to the tunnel itself. In 1960, the fire burned down the tunnel, the station building and most of the station area. A fire in 2011 had a Class 73 train caught in the tunnel; both it and the tunnel were damaged beyond repair.