Rombak Station

The train is now chugging past Rombak station, which was previously called Sildvik station named after the area. Rombak station had its crossing tracks extended in 2015 so that long ore trains can pass here. There is a water tower in the station area that was designed by the famous railway architect Paul Armin Due. This water tower is the only one remaining from the steam locomotive period of the Ofoten line and it is now protected. The water tank holds 30 tonnes and is placed 4.5 metres above the rail height. Underneath the tank is a furnace which is used to stop the water turning to ice in the winter. On the seaside you can see a long building the ‘Kanonskuret’. It was a part of the old defences around the Ofoten line. At one time there was a railway wagon stationed here with a powerful 75mm canon pointing to the East. It was in fact a part of the Norwegian defence against the Swedes before the dissolution of the Union.