Eidsvoll Verk Station
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Eidsvoll Verk Station is a railway station located on the Gardermoen Line at Råholt
Råholt
Råholt is a village in the municipality of Eidsvoll, Norway. Its population is 9,370, of which 259 people live within the border of the neighboring municipality Ullensaker....

 near Eidsvoll Verk
Eidsvoll Verk
Eidsvoll Verk is a village in Eidsvoll, in Akershus County, Norway. It is served by Eidsvoll Verk Station on the Gardermoen Line. It was the site of the former Eidsvold Iron Works...

 in Eidsvoll
Eidsvoll
is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet.-Name:...

, Norway. The station is served by Line 450 of the Oslo Commuter Rail
Oslo Commuter Rail
Oslo Commuter Rail is a commuter rail centered in Oslo, Norway, connecting the capital to six counties in Eastern Norway. The system is operated by the Norwegian State Railways and its subsidiary NSB Gjøvikbanen, using Class 69 and Class 72 electric multiple units . The network spans eight routes...

 between Eidsvoll
Eidsvoll Station
Eidsvoll is a railway station located at Eidsvoll in Akershus, Norway. The station is the terminus of both the Trunk Line, the Gardermoen Line and the Dovre Line. Though the Dovre Line and the Trunk Line/Gardermoen Line practically are the same continual railway, there is a naming change at the...

 and Kongsberg
Kongsberg Station
Kongsberg Station is a railway station located in downtown Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway, on the Sørland Line. The station is served by express trains to Kristiansand and is the terminus of the local trains from Oslo and Eidsvoll.-History:...

, operated by the Norwegian State Railways. The station was taken into use in 1999 when the commuter trains to Eidsvoll started using the Gardermoen Line. It was designed by Arkitektskap
Arkitektskap
Arkitektskap AS is a Norwegian architecture company based in Oslo.Among the company's projects are Eidsvoll Verk Station on the high-speed Gardermoen Line, the Oslo Metro stations Mortensrud and Forskningsparken, stations along the Ullevål Hageby Line of the Oslo Tramway, Farriseid Bridge, Drammen...

 and built in concrete, with details in metal and wood, and is sunk into the ground.

Service

The Oslo Commuter Rail, operated by the Norwegian State Railways, serves Eidsvoll Verk once per hour with Line 450. The service has only one northbound station, Eidsvoll, 5 minutes away. Travel time to Oslo Airport is 9 minutes, to Oslo Central Station is 44 minutes and to Kongsberg is 2 hours and 8 minutes. The public transport authority Ruter operates bus services to the station, including a correspondence from Eidsvoll Verk via the station to Dal
Dal, Norway
Dal is a village in Eidsvoll, Akershus, Norway. The village has a railway station, Dal Station, served by the Oslo Commuter Rail....

. There is also a taxi stand at the station.

Facilities

The station is designed in the same style as the rest of the Gardermoen Line and the Airport Express Train
Flytoget
is a Norwegian high-speed airport rail link connecting Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Oslo Central Station in nineteen minutes. Run by Flytoget AS , it operates on the high-speed Gardermoen Line using sixteen GMB Class 71 electric trains. Normal service frequency is once every ten minutes, with half...

. The station consists of two side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

s lowered 7.5 metres (24.6 ft) in the terrain. The walls are covered in ramps and stairs to liven up the concrete walls with metal detailing. Above the station is a walkway built in wood; its curved shape was designed to fit in with the hilly landscape. On the west side is a bus stop
Bus stop
A bus stop is a designated place where buses stop for passengers to board or leave a bus. These are normally positioned on the highway and are distinct from off-highway facilities such as bus stations. The construction of bus stops tends to reflect the level of usage...

, on the east side is a park and ride
Park and ride
Park and ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system , or carpool for the rest of their trip...

 facility.

The station is unmanned and without a station building, but the platforms have sheds and ticket machine
Ticket machine
A ticket machine, also known as a ticket vending machine , is a vending machine that produces tickets. For instance, ticket machines dispense train tickets at railway stations and tram tickets at some tram stops and in some trams...

s. It is located south of Eidsvoll Station
Eidsvoll Station
Eidsvoll is a railway station located at Eidsvoll in Akershus, Norway. The station is the terminus of both the Trunk Line, the Gardermoen Line and the Dovre Line. Though the Dovre Line and the Trunk Line/Gardermoen Line practically are the same continual railway, there is a naming change at the...

 and north of Oslo Airport Station
Oslo Airport Station
Oslo Airport Station , also known as Gardermoen Station, is a railway station located in the airport terminal building of Oslo Airport, Gardermoen in Norway...

 on the Gardermoen Line, 63 kilometres (39.1 mi) from Oslo Central Station.

History

Eidsvoll Verk was built along with the rest of the Gardermoen Line for the opening of Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Oslo Airport, Gardermoen is the principal airport serving Oslo, Norway. It acts as the main domestic hub and international airport for Norway, and the second-busiest airport in the Nordic countries. A hub for Scandinavian Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle, and a focus city for Widerøe, it is...

 in 1998. The station was designed by Arkitektskap
Arkitektskap
Arkitektskap AS is a Norwegian architecture company based in Oslo.Among the company's projects are Eidsvoll Verk Station on the high-speed Gardermoen Line, the Oslo Metro stations Mortensrud and Forskningsparken, stations along the Ullevål Hageby Line of the Oslo Tramway, Farriseid Bridge, Drammen...

, with construction starting in 1997. The station opened on 27 September 1998, but the commuter train service along the line did not start until 1999, when the Romerike Tunnel opened. In 2008, the parking lot was expanded with an additional 36 parking spaces.
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