Elevation 161.9 m (531 ft) Distance 99.37 km (61.75 mi) Opened 1917 Architect Gudmund Hoel | Line(s) Sørlandet Line Address 3612 Kongsberg, Norway Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location Kongsberg, Buskerud
Norway Operated by Norwegian State Railways Similar Hokksund Station, Drammen Station, Nordagutu Station, Neslandsvatn Station, Eidsvoll Station | ||
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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.
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History
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.
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