Kongsberg Station

Kongsberg
Location	Kongsberg, Buskerud Norway
Coordinates	59°40′20″N 9°39′02″E / 59.67227°N 9.650631°ECoordinates: 59°40′20″N 9°39′02″E / 59.67227°N 9.650631°E
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

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		Kristiansand–Oslo S		Drammen
Preceding station	Local trains			Following station
—	L12	Kongsberg–Oslo S–Eidsvoll		Darbu