Eidsvoll Station (1854–1998)

Eidsvoll Station (Norwegian: Eidsvoll stasjon) was a railway station at Eidsvoll in Akershus, Norway. It was located on the Trunk Line (Hovedbanen). [1]

Eidsvoll
Location	Eidsvoll in Akershus Norway
Coordinates	60°19′39″N 11°15′07″E
Owned by	Norwegian State Railways
Operated by	Norwegian State Railways
Line(s)	Trunk Line Dovre Line
Construction
Architect	Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
History
Opened	1 September 1854
Rebuilt	1878

History

Eidsvoll Station opened in 1854 as the terminus of Norway's first railway. That station building burned down on October 16, 1877. The present building was designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan and constructed in 1878. A 20-room hotel was established in the station building which from 1924 was under the operation of Norsk Spisevognselskap, which also took over the restaurant.[2][3][4]

The former Eidsvoll Station remained in use until 1998, when the construction of the Gardermoen Line forced the opening of the new Eidsvoll Station which was built slightly northwards to allow it to serve the Trunk Line, the Gardermoen Line and the Dovre Line. [5] [6]

References

1. Tor Wisting. "Hovedbanen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
2. Just (1949): p. 76
3. Jens Christian Eldal. "Jacob Wilhelm Nordan". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
4. Just (1949): 61
5. "Eidsvoll stasjon (gammel)". jernbane.origo.no. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
6. "Eidsvoll stasjon (ny)". jernbane.origo.no. Retrieved December 1, 2017.

Other sources

• Just, Carl (1949). A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk Spisevognselskap. OCLC 40310643.

Preceding station	Line			Following station
Bøn	Trunk Line			—
—	Dovre Line			Eidsvoll