station station norwegian train station line municipality county norway located elevation meters mean sea level station situated inside snow tunnel opened central section line june remained staffed station located plateau area population road access station serves norwegian state railways trains stop station original station building designed paul architectural plan mountain stations line snow tunnel caught fire times fires caused minor damage tunnel fire burned tunnel station building station area fire class train caught tunnel tunnel damaged repair history station opened june rest central portion station building variant type designed paul identical slight variations station station construction built buildings staff houses assembly building preserved built represent example buildings construction time partially built stone partially wood entirely wood sick ward bought converted hotel named harsh winter conditions station area gradually built snow tunnels snow tracks included platforms passing loop station station serviced passengers serviced passengers times making station line western snow tunnel caught fire spread station building quickly staff fire tunnel fire major fire burned station area october boys playing matches lit wood tunnel meters station building tunnel quickly caught fire spread buildings fire discovered station master immediately notified station morning expresses directions route east bound train half hour away forced turn passengers station mountain train fire engine containing litres imp gal gal water sent fire engine dispatched fire spread quickly hour station building guard house meters tunnel burnt incident occurred noon day morning express passed station meters track replaced work men shifts clock families total fourteen people lost houses fire fire caused hotel burn rebuilt new station building opened built foundation old section past station took electric traction use december station received automatic train control september starting october station october fire meter long snow tunnel kilometers west traffic stopped combination fire train helicopter fire track overhead lines past station destroyed line opened october fire fire started snow tunnel june caused sparks completed freight train passed station left station passenger trains caught fire pass station station prior warning fire driver saw cab train entered tunnel nearly instance reached point line fire caused power cut immediately applied emergency brake allowed train stop meters fire train power possible reverse passengers immediately evacuated took minutes included people wheelchair passengers told bring possessions passengers lost computers personnel acted according regulations injured accident according lost power continued tunnel fire beginning main bulk rescue work stated planning exercise identical accident train stuck exactly tunnel fire rescue work difficult road connection area materials transported area air addition mobile telephone radio network representatives stated easier network operated railway functioning train consisted twin class electric multiple unit burnt destroyed fire cost nok million fire forced temporary closure reopened evening june cost accident nok million unit written according rescue work hampered things lack fire crew drive fire engine helicopter bucket hour delay fire rail carriage water sent fire carriage arrived hours accident reported concerns raised fire hazards wooden snow tunnels admitted fire proof material concrete steel following accident decided monitored hours completion work facilities service station located kilometers oslo meters mean sea level station staffed serves local population area station road access station serves plateau self serve cabin run nearby station building owned subsidiary norwegian state railways station waiting room daily services direction oslo bergen service operated state railways bypassing station day
Hallingskeid Station