Slependen Station
Encyclopedia
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.
was closed.
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...
located at Slependen
Slependen
Slependen is a relatively large and diffuse restricted area in Bærum, Norway.It has a station, Slependen stasjon.Slependen is also the home of one of the two IKEA in the Oslo area....
in Bærum
Bærum
is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....
, 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 Drammen Line. The station is served by 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...
line 400 operated by Norges Statsbaner with two hourly services.
History
The station opened in 1873, one year after Drammenbanen. A new station was built in 1959, and in 1993 the current station was opened, 400 meters closer to Sandvika. At the same time Jong StationJong Station
Jong Station was a railway station on the Drammen Line in Norway from 1931 to 1973.It was opened in 1959. It served the neighborhood Jong west of Sandvika, mainly a residential area. It was located 14.42 km from Oslo V. When Slependen Station was moved 400 metres to the east in 1993, that new...
was closed.