Grefsen station
| Grefsen | |
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.jpg) Grefsen station seen from the west (2020)
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| Data | |
| Operating point type | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
| opening | 1900 |
| Architectural data | |
| Architectural style | Brick gothic |
| architect | Paul Due |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Oslo |
| Place / district | Nordre Aker |
| province | Oslo |
| Country | Norway |
| Coordinates | 59 ° 56 '30 " N , 10 ° 46' 50" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 109.2 moh. |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Norway | |
The Grefsen Station ( Norwegian stasjon Grefsen ) is a railway station on the Gjøvikbahn in the district Nordre Aker the Norwegian capital Oslo . It is 6.6 km from Oslo Central Station and the neighboring stations are Tøyen in the direction of the city center and Nydalen in the direction out of town. The station was built in 1900 as the starting point for the Gjøvik Railway. At present it is of comparatively little importance.
history
The station building was built in 1900 as the terminus for the Gjøvik Railway, which at that time was only completed as far as Røykenvik. Until 1902, Grefsen station was the terminus of the passenger trains in the direction of Oslo, from then on they continued to run to Østbanestasjonen , today Oslo Sentralstasjon .
Buildings and facilities
The building, erected in 1900, was designed by Paul Due , the architect of the Norwegian State Railways . It is located on the east side of the tracks and was designed in the brick Gothic style . The station building and the associated facilities are under monument protection and are registered under the number 165798-1 in the Norwegian monument register.
In addition to the main track with a simple uncovered side platform, there is another track on the house platform and on the other side another track without a platform. From this track there is a connection to the tracks of the neighboring Oslo T-bane and thus the possibility of passing vehicles between the two networks, for which there are, however, considerable restrictions.
In the south of the station area, the Alnabane branches off from the Gjøvikbahn and provides a connection to the Alnabruterminal. A branch line formerly branching off to the north of the station to the Nydalen industrial area no longer exists today.
To the south of the station building there is still a manually operated turntable (as of 2020), which is no longer connected to the tracks currently in use. Since Grefsen station was originally the starting point for the Gjøvik Railway, it was necessary to set up a turntable so that the steam locomotives used on the route could be turned in the respective direction of travel. A goods shed that can still be clearly identified on historical photos no longer exists today. The exact date of the demolition is unknown, but it probably no longer existed when the surrounding roads and in particular Sinsenkrysset were expanded in 1957.
Present and future plans
Grefsen station is one of the few stations where the trains are still handled on the platform by a local railway employee. However, tickets can only be sold using machines.
In 2006 the Oslo metro's ring line was opened, the tracks of which run parallel to those of the Gjøvikbahn at Grefsen station. It is planned to connect Grefsen station directly to the nearby Storo station on the Oslo T-bane by means of a pedestrian bridge.
The name Grefsen stasjon is currently also used as a self-designation for a new residential construction project at Grefsen station, but not connected to it on the opposite side of the tracks.
Individual evidence
- ^ Kulturminnesøk: Kulturminnesøk. Retrieved June 14, 2020 (Norwegian Bokmål).
- ↑ Information on the restrictions on the transition between the networks. Bane Nor, accessed June 21, 2020 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Levelup AS: The best historiene ... finnes på Grefsen Stasjon. June 28, 2020, accessed June 29, 2020 (Norwegian).
literature
- Nils Carl Aspenberg, Trond Børrehaug Hansen, Øyvind Reisegg (2009). Gjøvikbanen . Baneforlaget. Pages 38–44. ISBN 978-82-91448-48-0
