Åre railway station

Åre
Location Åre, Åre Municipality
Sweden
Coordinates 63°23′55″N 13°04′35″E / 63.39861°N 13.07639°E / 63.39861; 13.07639Coordinates: 63°23′55″N 13°04′35″E / 63.39861°N 13.07639°E / 63.39861; 13.07639
Elevation 378 m
Owned by Jernhusen
Operated by SJ
Veolia Transportation
Line(s) Mittbanan
Distance 691.594 km (Stockholm C)
Construction
Architect Adolf W. Edelsvärd (1881 building)
History
Opened 1881
2006 (new station building)

Åre railway station is a railway station located at Åre in Åre Municipality, Sweden on the Mittbanan railway. The first station building was opened in 1881 and designed by Adolf W. Edelsvärd. In 2006 a new station building was opened some hundred metres east of the old, just months before the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 started.


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