Official Name: | Storvik |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden Gävleborg#Sweden |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Sandviken Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gävleborg County |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gästrikland |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.62 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2010 |
Population Total: | 2,165 |
Population Density Km2: | 826 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 60.6°N 47°W |
Storvik is a locality situated in Sandviken Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 2,165 inhabitants in 2010.
Storvik was and still is an important railway junction for freight trains. Here the Northern Main Line, the Bergslagen Line and the goods route through Bergslagen meet up.
Storvik once had the longest train platform in Europe.https://sandviken.se/kommunpolitik/omsandvikenskommun/varaorterochisandvikensnarhet.4.56adbd70137db739cb3b5.html