Kongsberg Station

Railway station in Kongsberg, Norway
59°40′20″N 9°39′02″E / 59.67227°N 9.650631°E / 59.67227; 9.650631Elevation161.9 m (531 ft)Operated byGo-Ahead Norge
VyLine(s)Sørlandet LineDistance99.37 km (61.75 mi)Platforms2ConnectionsBus: Brakar
Vy expressOther informationStation codeKBG[1]HistoryOpened1917

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 L12 line from Oslo and Eidsvoll.[2]

History

A local 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.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 1. Generell del (1.1 - 1.4) – Stedskoder
  2. ^ Entry on Kongsberg Station by Jernbaneverket (in English)
  3. ^ Just, Carl (1949). A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk Spisevognselskap. p. 64. OCLC 40310643.
Preceding station Following station
Nordagutu Sørlandet Line Darbu
Preceding station Express trains Following station
Nordagutu F5 Stavanger-Kristiansand–Oslo S   Drammen
Preceding station Local trains Following station
— R12 Kongsberg–Oslo S–Eidsvoll   Darbu