Jong Station
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Jong Station was a railway station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 on the Drammen Line in 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...

 from 1931 to 1973.

It was opened in 1959. It served the neighborhood Jong
Jong, Norway
Jong is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Mainly a residential area, the population is 4,778.This residential area is located west of the city Sandvika, on top of the hill Jongsåsen....

 west of Sandvika
Sandvika
is the administrative centre of the municipality of Bærum in Norway. It was declared a city by the municipal council in Bærum on 4 June 2003.Sandvika is situated approximately west of Oslo. It is the main transportation hub for Western Bærum, and has a combined bus and railway station. Sandvika is...

, mainly a residential area. It was located 14.42 km from Oslo V
Oslo Vestbanestasjon
Oslo West Station or Oslo V, is a former railway station located in Vika in Oslo, Norway. It was the terminus of the Drammen Line between 1872 and 1980, until the Oslo Tunnel opened. The station remained in use until 1989, when all traffic was moved to the new Oslo Central Station...

. When Slependen Station
Slependen Station
Slependen Station is a railway station located at Slependen in Bærum, Norway on the Drammen Line. The station is served by the Oslo Commuter Rail line 400 operated by Norges Statsbaner with two hourly services.-History:...

was moved 400 metres to the east in 1993, that new station was located only 420 metres from Jong. Hence, Jong was discontinued.
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