Spikkestad Station

Spikkestad
Spikkestad old station building
General information
LocationSpikkestadRøyken,
Norway
Coordinates59°44′43″N 10°20′31″E / 59.74528°N 10.34194°E / 59.74528; 10.34194
Owned byBane NOR
Operated byVy
Line(s)Spikkestad Line
Distance37.5 km (23.3 mi)
Platforms2
History
Opened3 February 1885

Spikkestad Station (Norwegian: Spikkestad stasjon) is a railway station located at Spikkestad in Røyken, Norway, and is the terminus of the Spikkestad Line. It was opened as part of the Drammen Line on 3 February 1885, but in 1973 the new Lieråsen Tunnel opened through Lieråsen, and the old part of the Drammen Line became a commuter train line with Spikkestad, which is today primarily a residential town, as its western terminus.

The station is served by a half-hourly service of commuter trains running to Asker, Sandvika, and Oslo Central Station (journey time: 52 minutes) and then on to Lillestrøm.

The old station building, which was originally built to serve Høvik and was moved from there in 1922, today stands a hundred metres or so distant from the end of the line, following redevelopment of the station area in 2012-16 and the construction of new platforms.[1]

A local NSB Class 72 train at Spikkestad Station
  1. ^ Norskejernebanerstasjoner (in Norwegian)