Brakerøya Station
Encyclopedia
Brakerøya Station is a railway station
located at the village of Brakerøya in Drammen
, Norway
on the railway Drammenbanen. The station is served by commuter trains 440 and 450 with half hour headway by Norges Statsbaner.
was opened and a new double track from Lieråsen Tunnel to Brakerøya was built.
Train station
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located at the village of Brakerøya in Drammen
Drammen
Drammen is a city in Buskerud County, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the eastern and most populated part of Norway.-Location:...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
on the railway Drammenbanen. The station is served by commuter trains 440 and 450 with half hour headway by Norges Statsbaner.
History
The station was opened in 1873, one year after Drammenbanen. It was heavily rebuilt in 1973 when Lieråsen TunnelLieråsen Tunnel
Lieråsen Tunnel is a railway tunnel on Drammenbanen between Asker Station and Lier Station in Norway. The 10,723 m long tunnel was opened in 1973 and was the longest railway tunnel in the country until Romeriksporten was opened in 1999....
was opened and a new double track from Lieråsen Tunnel to Brakerøya was built.