Såner Station was a railway station on the Østfold 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...

. It was located between Hølen and Sonsveien Station

Sonsveien Station

Sonsveien Station is a railway station in the village of Son in Vestby, Norway on the Østfold Line. The station is served by commuter trains between Spikkestad via Oslo to Moss with half hour or hourly headway by Norges Statsbaner. There is also a nightly regional departure towards Halden...

 in the Såner

Såner

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 village in the Municipality of Vestby

Vestby

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

. Designed by Peter A. Blix in Swiss chalet style

Swiss chalet style

Swiss chalet style is an architectural style inspired by the chalets of Switzerland. The style originated in Germany in the early 19th century and was popular in parts of Europe and North America, notably in the architecture of Norway, the country house architecture of Sweden, Cincinnati, Ohio,...

, it was opened on 2 January 1879. The station was closed on 21 September 1996, when the section between Rustad and Kambo Station

Kambo Station

Kambo Station is a railway station located at the village of Kambo in Moss, Norway on the Østfold Line. The station is served by commuter trains between Spikkestad via Oslo to Moss with half hour or hourly headway by Norges Statsbaner.-History:...

 was upgraded to double track

Double track

A double track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.- Overview :...

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History

The western branch of the Østfold Line opened on 2 January 1879 while the eastern branch opened on 24 November 1882. Såner Station was located on the western branch, and was originally named "Soner", but had its name changed to "Saaner" in April 1894. In April 1921, it had its name changed to "Såner". On 15 May 1893, it was decided to install a morse lamp at the station. Centralized semaphores

Railway semaphore signal

One of the earliest forms of fixed railway signal is the semaphore. These signals display their different indications to train drivers by changing the angle of inclination of a pivoted 'arm'. Semaphore signals were patented in the early 1840s by Joseph James Stevens, and soon became the most...

 were decided on 23 January 1900, as an experiment to gain knowledge of the system.

The station became unmanned on 1 January 1973 and was closed on 21 June 1996. The line was replaced by a double tracked line allowing speeds up to 160 kilometres per hour (99.4 mph). In 2003, a family bought the station with head house for .

Facilities and location

The facilities of Såner Station were designed by Peter A. Blix in Swiss chalet style

Swiss chalet style

Swiss chalet style is an architectural style inspired by the chalets of Switzerland. The style originated in Germany in the early 19th century and was popular in parts of Europe and North America, notably in the architecture of Norway, the country house architecture of Sweden, Cincinnati, Ohio,...

. The head house featured two storeys and a basement, which together constituted 180 square metres (215.3 sq yd) of ground area. An outhouse

Outhouse

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and a timber shed were also located at the station. The Såner Church is located east of the station. It burned down in 1995 and was reerected in 2000.