Kongsberg Station

Kongsberg
Location Kongsberg, Buskerud
Norway
Coordinates 59°40′20″N 9°39′02″E / 59.67227°N 9.650631°E / 59.67227; 9.650631Coordinates: 59°40′20″N 9°39′02″E / 59.67227°N 9.650631°E / 59.67227; 9.650631
Elevation 161.9 m (531 ft)
Operated by Norwegian State Railways
Line(s) Sørlandet Line
Distance 99.37 km (61.75 mi)
Platforms 2
History
Opened 1917

Kongsberg Station (Norwegian: Kongsberg stasjon) is a railway station located in downtown Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway, on the Sørlandet Line. The station is served by express trains to Kristiansand and is the terminus of the local trains from Oslo and Eidsvoll.[1]

History

A local NSB Class 72 train at Kongsberg Station

The first station at Kongsberg opened in 1871 when the branch line of the Randsfjord Line from Hokksund to Kongsberg was completed. The present station dates from 1917 with the construction of the Sørland Line and was drawn by Gudmund Hoel and N. W. Grimnes. The station was preserved by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage in 1997.

The restaurant was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap in on 1 November 1944.[2]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kongsberg stasjon.
  1. Entry on Kongsberg Station by Jernbaneverket (English)
  2. Just, Carl (1949). A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk Spisevognselskap. p. 64. OCLC 40310643.
Preceding station Line Following station
Nordagutu Sørlandet Line Skollenborg
Preceding station Express trains Following station
Nordagutu   KristiansandOslo S   Drammen
Preceding station Local trains Following station
L12 KongsbergOslo SEidsvoll   Darbu


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