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{{Short description|Railway station in Levanger, Norway}}
{{Infobox station
|name             = Levanger Station
|native_name      = Levanger stasjon
|native_name_lang = NO
|symbol_location  = 
|symbol           = 
|type             = Railway station
|image            = Levanger stasjon 1.jpg
|caption          = View of the station
|address          = [[Levanger (town)|Levanger]],&nbsp;[[Levanger Municipality]]
|borough          = [[Trøndelag]]
|country          = [[Norway]]
|coordinates      = {{coord|63.744731|11.300719|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|map_type         = Trøndelag#Norway
|owned            = [[Bane NOR]]
|operator         = [[SJ Norge]]
|line             = [[Nordlandsbanen]]
|distance         = {{convert|83.90|km}}
|elevation        = {{convert|3.3|m}} above sea level
|platforms        = 
|tracks           = 
|train_operators  = 
|connections      = '''Bus:''' [[AtB]]
|structure        = 
|parking          = 
|bicycle          = 
|code             = LEV
|zone             = 
|website          = 
|opened           = {{Start date|1902|10|29|df=y}}
|closed           = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} -->
|architect        = [[Paul Due (architect)|Paul Due]]
|passengers       = 
|pass_year        = 
|pass_rank        = 
|services         = 
}}

'''Levanger Station''' ({{langx|no|Levanger stasjon}}) is a [[railway station]] located in the centre of the [[Levanger (town)|town of Levanger]] in [[Levanger Municipality]] in [[Trøndelag]] county, [[Norway]].  The station is located along the [[Nordland Line]]. The station serves both local and express trains northbound through [[Innherred]] and to [[Nordland]], and southbound to [[Trondheim (city)|Trondheim]]. The [[Trøndelag Commuter Rail]], which runs between [[Steinkjer (town)|Steinkjer]] and [[Trondheim (city)|Trondheim]], stops at Levanger, and operates at a one-hour intervals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsb.no/stations_kn/levanger-station-article26225-2770.html |title=Levanger Station |publisher=[[Vy|NSB]]|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>

==History==
The station was opened on 29 October 1902 on the [[Hell–Sunnan Line]] as the section to Levanger was finished. There was at the time of construction a controversy as to whether the station should be in the western or eastern part of town.<ref name=hellsunnan>{{cite book|last1=Hoås|first1=Jan|last2=Stene|first2=Morten|year=2005|title=Hell Sunnanbanen |publisher=Jubileumskomiteen |language=Norwegian|pages=33–34}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://forsk.njk.no/stdb/index.php?mod=st&aut=&detaljert=1&baneID=141&Stnr=4507&sid=1652|title=Levanger|publisher=[[Norwegian Railway Club]]|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2011-05-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Jernbanen/Stasjonssok/-L-/Levanger/|title=Levanger stasjon|publisher=[[Norwegian National Rail Administration]]|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2011-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328204405/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Jernbanen/Stasjonssok/-L-/Levanger/|archive-date=2013-03-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> Operation of the restaurant was run by [[Norsk Spisevognselskap]] between 1 October 1934 and 8 May 1945.<ref>{{cite book |title=A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949 |location=Oslo |publisher=Norsk Spisevognselskap |year=1949 |first=Carl |last=Just |authorlink=Carl Just |oclc=40310643 |language=Norwegian |page=66}}</ref>

==Media gallery==
<gallery>
Levanger stasjon.JPG|Levanger station, facing the tracks.
LevangerStation.jpg|Levanger station, city façade.
Levanger stasjon 1907 with train.jpg|Train at Levanger station in 1907.
Levanger map 1909.jpg|Levanger map from 1909. The station is the southernmost red building.
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{commonscat|Levanger stasjon}}

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{{Nsb next line
|line        = [[Nordland Line]]
|prestation  = [[Skogn Station|Skogn]]
|preclosed   = [[Innherred Sykehus Station|Sykehuset Levanger]]
|poststation = [[HiNT Station|HiNT]]
|postclosed  = Elberg
}}
{{Nsb next express
|f7     = yes
|pref7  = [[Stjørdal Station|Stjørdal]]
|postf7 = [[Steinkjer Station|Steinkjer]]
}}
{{Nsb next local
|line        = [[Trøndelag Commuter Rail]]
|prestation  = [[Skogn Station|Skogn]]
|poststation = [[HiNT Station|HiNT Røstad]]
}}
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[[Category:Railway stations in Levanger]]
[[Category:Railway stations on the Nordland Line]]
[[Category:National Romantic architecture in Norway]]
[[Category:Art Nouveau railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Norway opened in 1902]]


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