Katterat Station
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We are now arriving in Katterat which is a popular starting point for hiking the famous Rallar road. From here you can also embark on longer hikes into the Narvik Mountains which have been developed by the Narvik and district tourist association. When the Ofoten line was run on steam there was a manned water tower here, but that was replaced with a transformer station in 1923. In 1932 the Nygård power station came to the Rombaken and then the trains could finally run on Norwegian power. Today the transformer station has been de-commissioned but most of the original equipment remains. Today Katterat station is protected. The station building that was built in 1922 is actually the only one along the Ofoten line that is in the original design. The electrical installations in the station area which gave the power to the railway are also preserved in their original form. Norwegian military forces were also stationed here during the dissolution of the Union between Norway and Sweden in 1905, and you can still see the position and ruins of the barracks. Even though there were not so many inhabitants, the small community was nevertheless well organised. They even had their own shooting team, but the modernisation of the railway led to a surplus of workers and the last permanent resident moved from the village in 1963.