Kristiansand Station

Kristiansand Station
Location	Kristiansand, Kristiansand Norway
Coordinates	58°08′44″N 7°59′16″E / 58.14556°N 7.98778°ECoordinates: 58°08′44″N 7°59′16″E / 58.14556°N 7.98778°E
Elevation	5.5 m (18 ft) AMSL
Owned by	Jernbaneverket
Operated by	Norwegian State Railways
Line(s)	Sørlandet Line
Distance	365.29 km (226.98 mi)
Connections	Bus: Nettbuss Sør
Construction
Architect	Paul Due
History
Opened	1895

Kristiansand Station (Norwegian: Kristiansand stasjon) (IATA: XKR) is a railway station located in downtown Kristiansand in Vest-Agder, Norway on the Sørlandet Line. The station is served by regional trains to Oslo and Stavanger.^[1] Kristiansand Station is a cul-de-sac station, requiring all trains to change direction at the station.^[2]

History

The station was opened in 1895 as part of the now abandoned Setesdal Line from Kristiansand to Byglandsfjord. The station was the only station on the line to be built with bricks, due to local regulations after the city fire in 1892. Like all other stations on the line, the station was designed by Paul Due.

In 1937, Norsk Spisevognselskap agreed to take over operations of the restaurant when the Sørland Line was competed to Kristiansand. Operations started on 16 June 1938, a week before the line opened. On 9 December 1940, the company decided to invest NOK 100,000 in a new restaurant building at the station. It was taken into use on 28 November 1942.^[3]

NSB Class 73 and El 14 at Kristiansand Station

References

1. Information, Kristiansand Station by Norges Statsbaner (English)
2. Information site, Kristiansand Station by Jernbaneverket (English)
3. Just, Carl (1949). A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk Spisevognselskap. pp. 65–66. OCLC 40310643.

Preceding station	Line			Following station
Nodeland	Sørlandet Line			Vennesla
Preceding station	Express trains			Following station
—		Kristiansand–Oslo S		Vennesla
Preceding station	Regional trains			Following station
Nodeland		Stavanger–Kristiansand		—