Åre railway station explained

Åre
Address:ÅreÅre Municipality
Country:Sweden
Coordinates:63.3986°N 13.0764°W
Elevation:378 m
Line:Mittbanan
Distance:691.594 km (Stockholm C)
Opened:1881
Architect:Adolf W. Edelsvärd (1881 building)
Rebuilt:2006 (new station building)
Code:Åre
Owned:Jernhusen
Operator:Trafikverket

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.